TY - BOOK AU - Somers Wicka,Katerina TI - From phonology to syntax: pronominal cliticization in Otfrid's Evangelienbuch T2 - Linguistische Arbeiten, SN - 9783484971554 AV - PF3883 .S66 2009eb U1 - 435 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Tübingen PB - M. Niemeyer KW - Otfrid, KW - Evangeliorum liber (Otfrid, von Weissenburg) KW - fast KW - German language KW - Old High German, 750-1050 KW - Clitics KW - Pronoun KW - Allemand (Langue) KW - 750-1050 (Vieux haut allemand) KW - Clitiques KW - Pronom KW - FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY KW - German KW - bisacsh KW - Language and languages KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=293677 ER -