The History of Low German Negation

by Anne Breitbarth

This book examines the diachronic development of negation in Low German, from Old Saxon up to the point at which Middle Low German is replaced by High German as the written language. It investigates both the development of standard negation, or Jespersen's Cycle, and the changing interaction between the expression of negation and indefinites in its scope, giving rise to negative concord along the way. Anne Breitbarth shows that developments in Low...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199687285
• ISBN13: 9780199687282
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"