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1 online resource (ix, 134 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
Linguistische Arbeiten,
0344-6727 ;
530
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Linguistische Arbeiten (Max Niemeyer Verlag) ; 530.
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Summary |
This monograph is an investigation of cliticization processes attested throughout Otfrid von Weissenburg's Old High German Evangelienbuch. Its central argument may be simply stated: attestations such as meg ih (& mag ih) 'I am able to, ' theiz (& thaz iz) 'that it, ' and wolt er (& wolta er) 'he wanted' comprise a host and clitic and are all manifestations of one unified process of cliticization. Establishing the crucial elements of the argument, however, requires that we reach beyond a phonological and prosodic account of the cliticization process. In order to show that attested clitic groups a. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-134). |
Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Prosodic deficiency and cliticization in Otfrid -- 3. Theih, theiz and theist: a case of form fossilization? -- 4. Elision and cliticization -- 5. Conclusions. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Otfrid, von Weissenburg, active 9th century. Evangeliorum liber.
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Otfrid, von Weissenburg, active 9th century -- Language.
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Otfrid, von Weissenburg, active 9th century. |
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Otfrid, active 9th century von Weissenburg. Evangeliorum liber -- Language. |
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Otfrid, active 9th century von Weissenburg -- Language. |
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German language -- Old High German, 750-1050 -- Clitics.
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German language -- Old High German, 750-1050 -- Pronoun.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Somers Wicka, Katerina. From Phonology to Syntax. Berlin : Walter de Gruyter, 2009 9783484305304 |
ISBN |
9783484971554 (electronic book) |
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348497155X (electronic book) |
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128229640X |
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9781282296404 |
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3484305304 (paperback) |
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9783484305304 (paperback) |
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9783484305304 |
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