The Influence of Text Type on Word Order of Old Germanic Languages : A Corpus-Based Contrastive Study of Old English and Old High German
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Anna Cichosz
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
3631613156
ISBN-13
9783631613153
Edition
New
Publisher
Peter Lang AG
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Peter Lang AG
Country of Manufacture
DE
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 2nd, 2010
Print length
221 Pages
Weight
428 grams
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15.60 x 21.70 x 2.00 cms
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Historical & comparative linguisticsGrammar, syntax & morphologyLiterary studies: general
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Examines word order of two Old Germanic languages, Old English and Old High German, using a corpus containing samples of text types: original prose and translated prose. This book disproves hypothesis of West Germanic syntax, presenting data which shows that word order of languages started to diversify during Old English/High German period.
The book examines the word order of two Old Germanic languages, Old English and Old High German, using a corpus containing samples of three text types: poetry, original prose and translated prose. Thanks to this methodology, it is possible to compare word order patterns in Old English and Old High German, eliminating differences which may be due to stylistic or technical reasons (rhythm, rhyme, Latin influences), as well as to see to what extent text type determines word order and to check whether this phenomenon is universal (triggering similar behaviour in both analysed languages). The book also disproves the hypothesis of the West Germanic syntax, presenting data which show that the word order of the two languages started to diversify already during the Old English/High German period, i. e. before the 11th century AD.
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