Language Change and Language Structure: Older Germanic Languages in a Comparative Perspective

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 1994

Language Change and Language Structure

Older Germanic Languages in a Comparative Perspective

Edited by: Toril Swan , Endre Mørck and Olaf Jansen

Volume 73 in the series Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110886573

Contents

I-XII Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	I
The development of the runic script and its relationship to Germanic phonological history Alfred Bammesberger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Some typological tendencies in the development of the noun phrase in Germanic languages Kurt Braunmüller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
On comparatives in English and other languages Leiv Egil Breivik Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
Sentences with initial adverbials in the law of Magnus Lagabøter with particular emphasis on the position of the subject Marit Christoffersen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
The fortunes of the Latin-type accusative and infinitive construction in Dutch and English compared Olga Fischer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
Typological differences between English and German morphology and their causes Dieter Kastovsky Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
The distribution of subject properties and the acquisition of subjecthood in the West Scandinavian languages Endre Mørck Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
Ingerid Dal's views on Old Saxon in the light of new evidence Hans F. Nielsen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
Kuhn's laws and rise of verb-second syntax Robert Stockwell and Donka Minkova Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
A note on Old English and Old Norse initial adverbials and word order with special reference to sentence adverbials Toril Swan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
Dating the division between High and Low Germanic: A summary of arguments Theo Vennemann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
On the subject of some nominativeless sentences in Old Germanic Olaf Jansen Westvik Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305
Subject Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	345

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Edition: Reprint 2010
Pages
- Front matter: 11
- Main content: 346
Illustrations
- Other: Num. figs. and tables
Keywords: Altgermanische Sprachen; Kontrastive Linguistik; Kongress; Tromsø 1991; Germanische Sprachen

eBook

Published: April 20, 2011
ISBN: 9783110886573

Hardcover

Published: February 1, 1994
ISBN: 9783110135381