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1 online resource (viii, 192 pages) |
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Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 137 |
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Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 137.
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Foreword / Rosina L. Lippi-Green and Joseph C. Salmons -- German standard pronouns and non-standard pronomial clitics: typological corollaries / Werner Abraham -- The epistemic use of German and English modals / Sarah M.B. Fagan -- Arguments for two verb-second clause types in Germanic: a comparison of Yddish and German / John R. te Velde -- On the syntax or Dutch er / Isabella Barbier -- The attributive genitive in the history of German / Ruth Lunt Lanouette -- The Verschärfung as feature spread / Garry W. Davis & Gregory K. Iverson -- Germanic class IV and V preterits / Mary Niepokuj -- Germanic in early Roman times / Edgar C. Polomé -- Toward a phonological description of l Palatalization in central Yiddish / Neil G. Jacobs -- Phonology, Orthography and the Umlaut puzzle / David L. Fertig |
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This volume contains ten revised and expanded papers selected from the dozens presented at the last Michigan-Berkeley Germanic Linguistics Roundtable, five contributions each from syntax (by Werner Abraham, Sarah Fagan, Isabella Barbier, John te Velde, and Ruth Lanouette) and historical linguistics (by Garry Davis and Gregory Iverson, Mary Niepokuj, Neil Jacobs, Edgar Polomé, and David Fertig). The authors start from current theoretical discussions in syntactic and diachronic research, using theory to address longstanding but still current problems in Germanic linguistics, from clitic |
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Papers and discussions from the 4th annual Michigan-Berkeley Germanic Linguistics Roundtable held in April 1993 in Ann Arbor |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Germanic languages -- Congresses
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- German.
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Germanic languages
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Syntax
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Diachronie
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Taalkunde.
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Duits.
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Langues germaniques -- Congrès.
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Germanische Sprachen.
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Ann Arbor <Mich., 1993>
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Lippi-Green, Rosina
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Salmons, Joe, 1956-
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Michigan-Berkeley Germanic Linguistics Roundtable (4th : 1993 : Ann Arbor, Mich.)
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| ISBN |
9789027276247 |
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9027276242 |
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