Information structure and language change :: new approaches to word order variation in Germanic /

The volume presents new approaches to explaining word order variation and change in the Germanic languages and thus relates to one of the most prominent and widely discussed topics in the theory of language change and diachronic syntax. The novelty of our approach consists in three main points. Firs...

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Weitere Verfasser: Hinterhölzl, Roland, Petrova, Svetlana, 1969-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, ©2009.
Schriftenreihe:Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 203.
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Zusammenfassung:The volume presents new approaches to explaining word order variation and change in the Germanic languages and thus relates to one of the most prominent and widely discussed topics in the theory of language change and diachronic syntax. The novelty of our approach consists in three main points. First of all, we aim at describing functional variety in the field of word order and verb placement in the early Germanic languages not as a result of language contact, but rather as a language-internal phenomenon related to stylistic and grammatical conditions in information packaging. Second, given tha.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (vi, 394 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9783110216110
3110216116
1282188003
9781282188006
9786612188008
6612188006
ISSN:1861-4302 ;

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