From Phonology to Syntax: Pronominal Cliticization in Otfrid's Evangelienbuch

by Katerina Somers Wicka and Katerina Wicka Somers

This monograph is an investigation of cliticization processes attested throughout Otfrid von Weissenburg's Old High German Evangelienbuch. Its central argument may be simply stated: attestations such as meg ih ( mag ih) 'I am able to, ' theiz (thaz iz) 'that it, ' and wolt er (wolta er) 'he wanted' comprise a host and clitic and are all manifestations of one unified process of cliticization. Establishing the crucial elements of the argument, however,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3484305304
• ISBN13: 9783484305304
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 143 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.6" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary