Germanic linguistics : syntactic and diachronic
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Germanic linguistics : syntactic and diachronic
（Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science, Ser. 4 . Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 137）
J. Benjamins, c1996
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Description
This volume contains ten revised and expanded papers selected from the dozens presented at the last Michigan-Berkeley Germanic Linguistics Roundtable, five contributions each from syntax (by Werner Abraham, Sarah Fagan, Isabella Barbier, John te Velde, and Ruth Lanouette) and historical linguistics (by Garry Davis and Gregory Iverson, Mary Niepokuj, Neil Jacobs, Edgar Polome, and David Fertig).
The authors start from current theoretical discussions in syntactic and diachronic research, using theory to address longstanding but still current problems in Germanic linguistics, from clitic placement and verb-second phenomena through the Verscharfung to the Twaddellian view of umlaut. Each contribution relies on careful sifting of data situated in the relevant comparative context, Germanic, Indo-European and cross-linguistic.
Table of Contents
- 1. Foreword (by Lippi-Green, Rosina L.)
- 2. German standard pronouns and non-standard pronominal clitics Typological corollaries (by Abraham, Werner)
- 3. The epistemic use of German and English modals (by Fagan, Sarah M.B.)
- 4. Arguments for two verb-second clause types in Germanic: A comparison of yiddish and German (by Velde, John R. te)
- 5. On the syntax of Dutch er (by Barbier, Isabella)
- 6. The attributive genitive in the history of German (by Lanouette, Ruth Lunt)
- 7. The verscharfung as feature spread (by Davis, Garry W.)
- 8. Germanic Class IV and V preterits (by Niepokuj, Mary K.)
- 9. Germanic in early roman times (by Polome, Edgar C.)
- 10. Toward a phonological description of l Palatalization in Central Yiddish (by Jacobs, Neil G.)
- 11. Phonology, Orthography and the Umlaut puzzle (by Fertig, David)
- 12. Subject index
- 13. Language index
- 14. Authors index
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