Word Order and Phrase Structure in GothicPeeters Publishers, 2005 - 190 pages The book aims at providing a precise description of part of the Gothic syntax in the context of a formal theory of syntax. The following questions are addressed: To what extent can Gothic - despite its limited corpus - be used as data material? Further, which of the ascertained syntactic characteristics does Gothic have in common with other old Indo-European languages? Which of these features can be characterized as typically Germanic? It is shown that - despite a certain Greek influence - the Gothic Bible is indeed a rich source of data which can with some certainty be regarded as typically Gothic. Phenomena concerning the left periphery like personal pronouns, topicalization, left-dislocation and discourse particles are described and discussed within the generative framework, with additions from pragmatic and cognitive linguistics for those issues where syntax seems to be inadequate to cover the whole range of the phenomena concerned. The readership aimed at is that of linguists and philologists, and of scholars interested in the interrelation between both disciplines. |
Contents
Pronouns and Double Object Constructions 2976 | 29 |
Reflexive Pronouns 77124 | 77 |
TABLE OF CONTENTS | 85 |
Topicalization and Discourse Particles 125176 | 125 |
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According adverb Aland anaphor argument become Cardinaletti clitic complementizer constituent contrast discourse particles discussed elements embedded clauses example finite verb full DPs function German modal particles Gothic language grammar Greek Haider ibai imma Indo-European Indo-European languages inherent reflexive izwis jabai Jesus lexical linguistic main clauses mediopassive voice middle construction na-verbs Nestle noun object pronouns participle passive periphrastic phrase Pr V XP Pr XP pronominal REFL reflexive middle reflexive pronoun reflexive verbs second position semantic sentence sik silban Spec,Fin structure subordinate clause syntactic syntax tion topic transitive verbs translate weak pronouns wh-element Wulfila XP Pr XP V Pr XP XP þamma þan þata þatei αὐτὸν αὐτοῦ αὐτῷ γὰρ δὲ εἰ εἰς ἐκ ἐν ἵνα καὶ οἱ ὅτι οὐκ οὖν πρὸς σὺ τὰ τῇ τὴν τί τὸν τοὺς τῷ τῶν