The verbal complex in subordinate clauses from medieval to modern German /

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 addres...

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Main Author: Sapp, Christopher D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011.
Series:Linguistik aktuell ; v. 173.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of 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.