From phonology to syntax : pronominal cliticization in Otfrid's Evangelienbuch / Katerina Somers Wicka.

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Somers Wicka, Katerina

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TextSeries: Linguistische Arbeiten (Max Niemeyer Verlag) ; 530.Publication details: Tübingen : M. Niemeyer, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 134 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9783484971554
348497155X
128229640X
9781282296404
3484305304
9783484305304

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: From Phonology to Syntax.DDC classification:

435 22

LOC classification:

PF3883 .S66 2009eb

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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.

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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.

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.