| Description |
1 online resource (x, 384 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics today ; v. 161 |
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Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 161.
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| Contents |
Introduction / Jarich Hoekstra, Goffe Jensma & Willem Visser -- Recent trends in Frisian linguistics -- Why Old Frisian is really Middle Frisian -- Syntax of Old Frisian -- Finiteness and verb fronting -- More is going on upstairs than downstairs: embedded root phenomena in Frisian -- The Imperativus-pro-Infinitivo -- Two infinitives: 'prate' and 'praten' -- The verbal complex -- The third construction -- Complementizer agreement -- Grammatical borrowing and language change: the dutchification of Frisian -- Frisian language changes -- Recent changes in the verbal complex of Frisian -- Contact-induced changes in Modern West Frisian -- On the (in- )stability of Frisian -- Nasalization and lengthening -- Monophthongs and syllable structure -- A lexical theory of schwa-deletion |
| Summary |
In this volume, Germen de Haan gives a multi-faceted view of the syntax, sociolinguistics, and phonology of West-Frisian. The author discusses distinct aspects of the syntax of verbs in Frisian: finiteness and Verb Second, embedded root phenomena, the verbal complex, verbal complementation, and complementizer agreement. Because Frisian has minority language status and is of interest to sociolinguists, the author reviews the linguistic changes in Frisian under the influence of the dominant Dutch language and, more generally, reflects on how to deal with contact-induced change in grammar. Finally, in three phonological articles, the author discusses nasalization in Frisian, the putatively symmetrical vowel inventory of Frisian, and the variation between schwa + sonorant consonants and syllabic sonorant consonants |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-378 and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Frisian language -- Dialects.
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Frisian language -- Grammar, Generative
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Frisian language -- Syntax
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Scandinavian Languages (Other)
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Frisian language -- Dialects
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Frisian language -- Grammar, Generative
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Frisian language -- Syntax
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Haan, G. J. de
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Hoekstra, Jarich, 1956-
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Visser, Willem.
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Jensma, Goffe (Goffe Theunis), 1956-
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| LC no. |
2010018687 |
| ISBN |
9789027287984 |
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9027287988 |
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902725544X |
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9789027255440 |
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1282721631 |
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9781282721630 |
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9786612721632 |
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6612721634 |
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