The Germanic Strong Verbs : Foundations and Development of a New System.

The Germanic Strong Verbs : Foundations and Development of a New System.

As a contribution to the ongoing discussion of the genesis of the Germanic language, this book investigates the strong verbs of Proto-Germanic using a new approach that combines historical and typological morphology with quantitative etymology. It reveals that the morphological peculiarities and the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mailhammer, Robert
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin : Walter de Gruyter, 2008.
Series:Trends in Linguistics: Studies & Monographs, v. 183.
Subjects:
Germanic languages > Verb.
Germanic languages > Morphology.
Proto-Germanic language.
Germanic languages > Morphology
Germanic languages > Verb
Proto-Germanic language
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter; Contents; Chapter one. Introduction and preliminaries; Chapter two. Systematized and functionalized ablaut: The morphology of the Germanic strong verbs; Chapter three. Inheritance vs. acquisition: The etymological situation of the Germanic strong verbs; Chapter four. Conclusion and further thoughts; Backmatter.

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