@article{Demske2015, author = {Demske, Ulrike}, title = {Towards coherent infinitival patterns in the history of German}, series = {The Diachrony of Infinitival Patterns: Their origin, development and loss. In: Journal of Historical Linguistics}, volume = {2015}, journal = {The Diachrony of Infinitival Patterns: Their origin, development and loss. In: Journal of Historical Linguistics}, number = {5.1}, editor = {Demske, Ulrike and Jędrzejowski, Łukasz}, publisher = {Benjamins}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {2210-2116 print}, doi = {10.1075/jhl.5.1.01dem}, pages = {6 -- 40}, year = {2015}, abstract = {According to Haider (2010), we have to distinguish three types of infinitival complements in Present-Day German: (i) CP complements, (ii) VP complements and (iii) verbal clusters. While CP complements give rise to biclausal structures, VP complements and verbal clusters indicate a monoclausal structure. Non-finite verbs in verbal clusters build a syntactic unit with the governing verb. It is only the last infinitival pattern that we address as a so-called coherent infinitival pattern, a notion introduced in the influential work of Bech (1955/57). Verbal clusters are bound to languages with an OV grammar, hence the well-known differences regarding infinitival syntax in German and English (Haider 2003, Bobaljik 2004). On the widespread assumption that German has been an OV language throughout its history (Axel 2007), we expect all three types of infinitival complements to be present from the earliest attestions of German.}, language = {en} } @article{JędrzejowskiDemske2017, author = {Jędrzejowski, Łukasz and Demske, Ulrike}, title = {Infinitival patterns and their diachronic dynamics: questions and challenges}, series = {Infinitives at the Syntax-Semantics Interface: a Diachronic Perspective (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]; 306)}, volume = {2017}, journal = {Infinitives at the Syntax-Semantics Interface: a Diachronic Perspective (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]; 306)}, editor = {Jędrzejowski, Łukasz and Demske, Ulrike}, publisher = {De Gruyter Mouton}, address = {Berlin, New York}, isbn = {978-3-11-052058-3}, doi = {10.1515/9783110520583}, pages = {1 -- 27}, year = {2017}, abstract = {The major aim of this volume is to investigate infinitival structures from a diachronic point of view and, simultaneously, to embed the diachronic findings into the ongoing theoretical discussion on non-finite clauses in general. All contributions subscribe to a dynamic approach to infinitival clauses by investigating their origin, development and loss in miscellaneous patterns and across different languages.}, language = {en} }