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Title Studies on German-language islands / edited by Michael T. Putnam
Published Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011

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Description 1 online resource (477 pages)
Series Studies in language companion series ; v. 123
Studies in language companion series ; v. 123.
Contents Studies on German-Language Islands; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; List of contributors; Why study Sprachinseln from generative or structural perspectives?; Section 1. Phonetics & Phonology; Section 2. Morphology & Lexical studies; Section 3. Syntax I -- Verb clusters; Section 4. Syntax II -- The syntax of Cimbrian German; Section 5. Syntax III -- The syntax of Pennsylvania German; Section 6. Pragmatics & Conversation analysis; Index; The Studies in Language Companion Series
Summary The contributions in this volume present cutting-edge theoretical and structural analyses of issues surrounding German-language islands, or Sprachinseln, throughout the world. The individual topics of study in this volume focus on various aspects of these German-language islands such as (but not limited to) phonological, morphological, syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic aspects of these languages under investigation. Collectively, the body of research contained in this volume explores significantly under-researched topics in the fields of language contact and language attrition and illustrates
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Subject German language -- Syntax
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
German language -- Foreign countries
German language -- Variation
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- German.
German language -- Syntax
German language -- Variation
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax
Form Electronic book
Author Putnam, Michael T
LC no. 2010045325
ISBN 9789027287403
9027287406
1282976850
9781282976856
9786612976858
6612976853