| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 134 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Linguistische Arbeiten, 0344-6727 ; 530 |
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Linguistische Arbeiten (Max Niemeyer Verlag) ; 530.
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Analysis |
Old High German syntax, Old High German phonolgy, Old High German prosody, Otfrid von Weissenburg, Evangelienbuch |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-134) |
| Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Otfrid, von Weissenburg, active 9th century. Evangeliorum liber.
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Otfrid, von Weissenburg, active 9th century -- Language
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| SUBJECT |
Otfrid, von Weissenburg, active 9th century fast |
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Evangeliorum liber (Otfrid, von Weissenburg) fast |
| Subject |
German language -- Old High German, 750-1050 -- Clitics
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German language -- Old High German, 750-1050 -- Pronoun
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- German.
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Language and languages
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783484971554 |
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348497155X |
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128229640X |
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9781282296404 |
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3484305304 |
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9783484305304 |
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