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Diskurspragmatische Faktoren für Topikalität und Verbstellung in der ahd. Tatianübersetzung (9. Jh.)
- The paper presents work in progress on the interaction between information structure and word order in Old High German based on data from the Tatian translation (9th century). The examination of the position of the finite verb in correspondence with the pragmatic status of discourse referents reveals an overall tendency for verb-initial order in thetic/all-focus sentences, whereas in categorical/topic-comment sentences verb-second placement with an initial topic constituent is preferred. This conclusion provides support for the hypothesis stated in Donhauser & Hinterhölzl (2003) that the finite verb form in Early Germanic serves to distinguish the information-structural domains of Topic and Focus. Finally, the investigation sheds light on the process of language change that led to the overall spread of verb-second in main clauses of modern German.
Author details: | Roland Hinterhölzl, Svetlana Petrova, Michael Solf |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-8743 |
ISSN: | 1866-4725 |
ISSN: | 1614-4708 |
Title of parent work (German): | Interdisciplinary studies on information structure : ISIS ; working papers of the SFB 632 |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | German |
Publication year: | 2005 |
Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
Contributing corporation: | Sonderforschungsbereich 632 Informationsstruktur <Berlin> |
Release date: | 2006/09/14 |
Tag: | information structure; language change; verb placement in Germanic |
Issue: | 3 |
First page: | 143 |
Last Page: | 182 |
Source: | Interdisciplinary studies on information structure : ISIS ; working papers of the SFB 632. - Vol. 3 |
RVK - Regensburg classification: | ER 300 |
Organizational units: | Extern / Extern |
DDC classification: | 4 Sprache / 40 Sprache / 400 Sprache |
Collection(s): | Universität Potsdam / Schriftenreihen / Interdisciplinary studies on information structure : ISIS ; working papers of the SFB 632, ISSN 1866-4725 / ISIS (2005) 03 |
License (German): | Keine öffentliche Lizenz: Unter Urheberrechtsschutz |
External remark: | erschienen in: Approaches and findings in oral, written and gestural language. - Potsdam : Univ.-Verl., 2005. - 244 S. (Interdisciplinary studies on information structure ; 3) ISBN 3-937786-01-5 URN: urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-8255 zugleich in Printform erschienen im Universitätsverlag Potsdam. |