Syntactic Reconstruction and Proto-Germanic
Series: Oxford Studies in Diachronic and Historical Linguistics; 12;
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 8 December 2016
- ISBN 9780198783589
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages296 pages
- Size 236x158x16 mm
- Weight 444 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 20 line drawings 0
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Short description:
This book offers reconstructions of various syntactic properties of Proto-Germanic, including verb position in main clauses, the syntax of the wh-system, and the (non-)occurrence of null pronominal subjects and objects.
MoreLong description:
This book offers reconstructions of various syntactic properties of Proto-Germanic, including verb position in main clauses, the syntax of the wh-system, and the (non-)occurrence of null pronominal subjects and objects. Although previous studies have looked at the lexical and phonological reconstruction of Proto-Germanic, little is currently known about the syntax of the language, and it has even been argued that the reconstruction of syntax is impossible.
Dr Walkden uses extensive evidence from the early Germanic languages - Old English, Old High German, Old Saxon, Old Norse, and Gothic - to show that syntactic reconstruction is not only possible but also profitable. He argues that while the reconstruction of syntax differs from lexical-phonological reconstruction due to the so-called 'correspondence problem', this is not insurmountable. In fact, the approach taken in current Minimalist theories, in which syntactic variation is attributed to the properties of lexical items, opens the door for syntactic reconstruction as lexical reconstruction. The book also discusses practical solutions for circumventing the correspondence problem, in particular the use of both distributional properties of lexical items and the phonological forms of such items in order to establish cognacy.
The book will be of interest to historical linguists working on syntactic reconstruction and the Germanic languages, from graduate level upwards, as well as to advanced students of syntactic change more generally.
A significant empirical study of questions that abound in both synchronic Germanic linguistics and diachronic studies of Germanic inheritance.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
A methodology for syntactic reconstruction
Verb position in early Germanic main clauses
The wh-system of early Germanic
Null arguments in early Germanic
Conclusion
References
Index of languages and sources
Index of subjects
