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Author Sapp, Christopher D.

Title The verbal complex in subordinate clauses from medieval to modern German / Christopher D. Sapp.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011.

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 225 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today ; v. 173
Linguistik aktuell ; v. 173.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-222) and index.
Contents The Verbal Complex in Subordinate Clauses from Medieval to Modern German; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Factors influencing verb order in MHG; 3. Factors influencing verb order in ENHG; 4. Verbal complexes in contemporary German; 5. German clause structure and the prosody-syntax interface; 6. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index; The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today.
Summary This research monograph is an empirical and theoretical study of clause-final verbal complexes in the history of German. The book presents corpus studies of Middle High German and Early New High German and surveys of contemporary varieties of German. These investigations of the verbal complex address not only the frequencies of the word orders, but also the linguistic factors that influence them. On that empirical basis, the analysis adopted is the classic verb-final approach, with alternative orders derived by Verb (Projection) Raising. Verb Raising in these historical and modern varieties is.
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Subject German language -- Verb phrase.
German language -- Verb phrase.
German language -- Syntax.
German language -- Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Verb phrase.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Verb phrase.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Sapp, Christopher D. Verbal complex in subordinate clauses from medieval to modern German. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011 9789027255563 (DLC) 2010048687 (OCoLC)685120607
ISBN 9789027287250 (electronic book)
9027287252 (electronic book)
128297680X
9781282976801
9789027255563
9027255563