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Language Change and Language Structure : Older Germanic Languages in a Comparative Perspective / ed. by Endre Mørck, Olaf Jansen, Toril Swan. - Reprint 2010 - 1 online resource (346 p.) : Num. figs. and tables - Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] , 73 1861-4302 ; .

I-XII -- The development of the runic script and its relationship to Germanic phonological history -- Some typological tendencies in the development of the noun phrase in Germanic languages -- On comparatives in English and other languages -- Sentences with initial adverbials in the law of Magnus Lagabøter with particular emphasis on the position of the subject -- The fortunes of the Latin-type accusative and infinitive construction in Dutch and English compared -- Typological differences between English and German morphology and their causes -- The distribution of subject properties and the acquisition of subjecthood in the West Scandinavian languages -- Ingerid Dal's views on Old Saxon in the light of new evidence -- Kuhn's laws and rise of verb-second syntax -- A note on Old English and Old Norse initial adverbials and word order with special reference to sentence adverbials -- Dating the division between High and Low Germanic: A summary of arguments -- On the subject of some nominativeless sentences in Old Germanic -- Subject Index

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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

ISBN: 9783110135381 9783110886573

Standard No.: 10.1515/9783110886573 doi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Germanic languages--History.
Linguistic change.
Altgermanische Sprachen.
Germanische Sprachen.
Kongress.
Kontrastive Linguistik.
Tromsø 1991.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.

LC Class. No.: PD75 / .L36 1994

Dewey Class. No.: 430/.09