TY - BOOK AU - Axel,Katrin TI - Studies on Old High German syntax: left sentence periphery, verb placement and verb-second T2 - Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today (LA) SN - 9789027291981 AV - PF3925 .A94 2007eb U1 - 437/.01 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Philadelphia, PA PB - John Benjamins Pub. Co. KW - German language KW - Old High German, 750-1050 KW - Syntax KW - Sentences KW - Verb KW - Word order KW - Allemand (Langue) KW - 750-1050 (Vieux haut allemand) KW - Syntaxe KW - Phrase KW - Ordre des mots KW - FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY KW - Yiddish KW - bisacsh KW - Old High German KW - fast KW - Oudhoogduits KW - gtt KW - Syntaxis KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-358) and index; Studies on Old High German Syntax; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. VERB MOVEMENT; 3. VERB-FIRST DECLARATIVES; 4. LEFT SENTENCE PERIPHERY AND XP-MOVEMENT; 5. PRONOUN PLACEMENT AND SENTENCE STRUCTURE; 6. NULL SUBJECTS AND VERB PLACEMENT; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; INDEX; The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=229936 ER -