Studies on Old High German syntax
Subtitle: left sentence periphery, verb placement and verb-second
By: Katrin Axel.
Series: Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics today (LA) -- v. 112
Publisher: J. Benjamins Pub.; John Benjamins Publishing Company
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Philadelphia
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 363
ISBN-13: 9789027233769
Subjects: German language -- Old High German, 750-1050 -- Syntax; German language -- Old High German, 750-1050 -- Sentences; German language -- Old High German, 750-1050 -- Verb; German language -- Old High German, 750-1050 -- Word order
Description: This monograph is the first book-length study on Old High German syntax from a generative perspective in twenty years. It provides an in-depth exploration of the Old High German pre-verb-second grammar by answering the following questions: To what extent did generalized verb movement exist in Old High German? Was there already obligatory XP-movement to the left periphery in declarative root clauses? What deviations from the linear verb-second restriction are attested and what do such phenomena reveal about the structure of the left sentence periphery? Did verb placement play the same role in s.
Notes: English version of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Tübingen, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-358) and index.