Old English Weak Verbs: A Diachronic and Synchronic Analysis (Linguistische Arbeiten) (German Edition)

Over the past few decades, the book series Linguistische Arbeiten [Linguistic Studies], comprising over 500 volumes, has made a significant contribution to the development of linguistic theory both in Germany and internationally. The series will continue to deliver new impulses for research and maintain the central insight of linguistics that progress can only be made in acquiring new knowledge about human languages both synchronically and diachronically by closely combining empirical and theoretical analyses. To this end, we invite submission of high-quality linguistic studies from all the central areas of general linguistics and the linguistics of individual languages which address topical questions, discuss new data and advance the development of linguistic theory. INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE: THE DATA 1. The Germanic verb system 2. The Old English verb system 2.1 Major characteristics 2.2 Weak verb classes 3. Variations in the OE system 3.1 Early Old English versus Late Old English 3.2 Dialectal variation in the OE period 4. Summary CHAPTER TWO: THE DIACHRONIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE OLD ENGLISH WEAK VERBS 1. Introduction 2. Diachronic rules 2.1 Glide Vowel Coalescence 2.2 Vocalization 2.3 West Germanic Gemination 2.4 Aufhellung 2.5 Breaking 2.6 Palatalization 2.7 i-umlaut 2.8 j-deletion 2.9 Apocope 2.10 Syncope 2.11 OE Vowel Reduction 3. Diachronic development of the OE weak verbs 3.1 Class I 3.2 The weak verbs of classes II and III 4. Theoretical issues 4.1 Phonological change in standard generative phonology 4.2 Diachronic evidence and generative phonological theory 4.3 Recoverability and productivity CHAPTER THREE: A SYNCHRONIC ANALYSIS OF THE OLD ENGLISH WEAK VERBS 1. Introduction 2. Restructuring of underlying lexical representations 3. The j formative 4. Degemination 5. Schwa-insertion 6. Synchronic derivations of the OE weak verbs 6.1 Class I 6.2 The weak verbs of classes II and III CHAPTER FOUR: THE TRANSFER OF OE WEAK VERBS OF CLASS I TO CLASS II 1. Introduction 2. Stages of transfer 2.1 Loss of the j formative 2.2 A two-paradigm system 3. Reasons for the transfer 4. Analogy 5. Conclusion APPENDIX BIBLIOGRAPHY Die Buchreihe Linguistische Arbeiten hat mit über 500 Bänden zur linguistischen Theoriebildung der letzten Jahrzehnte in Deutschland und international wesentlich beigetragen. Die Reihe wird auch weiterhin neue Impulse für die Forschung setzen und die zentrale Einsicht der Sprachwissenschaft präsentieren, dass Fortschritt in der Erforschung der menschlichen Sprachen nur durch die enge Verbindung von empirischen und theoretischen Analysen sowohl diachron wie synchron möglich ist. Daher laden wir hochwertige linguistische Arbeiten aus allen zentralen Teilgebieten der allgemeinen und einzelsprachlichen Linguistik ein, die aktuelle Fragestellungen bearbeiten, neue Daten diskutieren und die Theorieentwicklung vorantreiben. The book series Linguistische Arbeiten (LA) publishes high-quality work in linguistics that addresses current issues in synchrony and diachrony, theoretically or empirically oriented.