From phonology to syntax : pronominal cliticization in Otfrid's Evangelienbuch /

Somers Wicka, Katerina.

From phonology to syntax : pronominal cliticization in Otfrid's Evangelienbuch / Katerina Somers Wicka. - Tübingen : M. Niemeyer, 2009. - 1 online resource (ix, 134 pages) : illustrations - Linguistische Arbeiten, 530 0344-6727 ; . - Linguistische Arbeiten (Max Niemeyer Verlag) ; 530. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-134).

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.

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.


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9783484971554 (electronic bk.) 348497155X (electronic bk.) 128229640X 9781282296404 3484305304 (pbk.) 9783484305304 (pbk.)

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995823286 DE-101 995823286 GyFmDB


Otfrid, von Weissenburg, active 9th century. Evangeliorum liber.
Otfrid, von Weissenburg, active 9th century --Language.
Otfrid, von Weissenburg, active 9th century.


Evangeliorum liber (Otfrid, von Weissenburg)


750-1050


German language--Clitics.--Old High German, 750-1050
German language--Pronoun.--Old High German, 750-1050
Allemand (Langue)--Clitiques.--750-1050 (Vieux haut allemand)
Allemand (Langue)--Pronom.--750-1050 (Vieux haut allemand)
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY--German.
Language and languages.


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