West Germanic Inflection, Derivation and Compounding (Janua Linguarum. Series Practica, 145)

The forms of a subclass must undergo the rules of both the subclass and the superclass; but, the forms of a superclass do not undergo the rules of its subclass. This is also our convention where a rule in a subclass is apparently contadicted by a rule in a superclass. E.g., WG 3.11-b changes/h/ to [w] in certain environments: past 1st pi. ind. [liwum] 'lend'. Anda rule of the corresponding subclass, WG 3.111-a, changes /hj to [g] in certain environments: past 1st pi. ind. [tigum] 'accuse'. The inf. forms are [lïhan] and [tlhan]. For the derivation of [tigum] (instead of \*[tiwum]), which is in class 3.111, the rules for 3.111 first apply; then the rules for the superclass 3.11. In this caee, since the /h/ has already been changed to [g] by 3.111-a, rule 3.11-b cannot apply and \*[tiwum] is not produced. We have labeled the classes as follows: if two classes have the same labeling, except that the label for one class is one or more digits longer (e.g., classes PACT THAT V RESULT + Subject + BE /blind-/ OF PACT THAT That is, if the noun /blind-!-/ occurs in a construction (S1), that noun is derived in the sense that there is an underlying construction (S2) which is transformed by rule T1.09-a to make the noun. We have posited similar T-rules (i.e., transformational rules) for derivational suffixes (T-DS rules), derivational prefixes (T-DP rules), and compounds (T-DC and T-C rules). On the left or input side of these T-rules we have attempted to specify as accurately ae possible the structural description of those constructions which undergo the rules and which are thus transformed into new words -adjectives, nouns, or verbs. And the rules labeled T-C are pure compounds in that each element in the compound is a noun, a verb, or a deadjectival adverb. All T-DC and T-C rules are productive. In our rules for compounds (as well as the other T-rules), the designations in brackets may be considered semantic or syntactic features. For example, WG T-Ci has the designation Noun [genitive of possession v characteristic]. This means that the features of this particular noun in the structural description of this rule must be + genitive, and either a genitive of possession or of characteristic. In WG rule T-Cd, the designation ( +Preposition) -in parentheses-means that the preposition in the structural description is optional. That is in fact to say that this particular rule is an abbreviation for two rules, one with the designation + Preposition in the structural description and one without this proviso. Also included in our analysis of T-rules are the derivational histories of forms which have more than one T-DS rule, more than one T-DP or T-DC rule, and forms which have more than one T-C rule. By derivational histories we intend the following: for example, in the WG derivational sequence T-DSj, T-DSa in the form /far-d-Ig-/ of 'or pertaining to a journey', we intend the derivational history of /far-d-ig-/ to be represented by the following deep structure: If the relationship was (A), then a property shared by OE and OS but not OHG could represent an innovation on line ab (i.e., at the time when OE and OS were a single language). If the relationship was (B), then a property shared by OS and OHG but not OE could represent an innovation on line a'b' (at the period when OS and OHG were a single language). However, when a property is shared by both OE and OHG, we have assumed this to be in most instances a characteristic of WG. We assume in general a merging of inflectional classes. Thus, if one attested language has two or more classes which correspond to a single class in another of the attested languages, we generally assume that the language with the two or more classes reflects the state of WG and that the language with a single class has undergone a merger. We also assume that if a particular rule (a T-rule or a phonological rule) existed in the grammar of WG and if it was inherited in various different versions into various of the daughter language, then that later version of the rule which has the most restricted environment represents the earliest (WG) form of the rule. That is, we assume that these rules tend to extend their domains in the course of time. For example, WG T-DSdd /-lîk-/ has been reconstructed mainly on the basis of the OS and OE versions of the rule, and not that of OHG, since in OHG the domain of the rule is greater than in OS and OE. Thus, the OHG version would seem to represent a later development than the OS or OE versions of the rule. We have not explicitly stated all our assumptions in reconstructing WG. However, in our reconstruction of WG in Chapter 5 we have listed, for each form class and rule which we posit as WG, all the corresponding form classes and rules as they are found in the attested daughter languages. The reader OLD HIGH GERMAN (0.b2b) OPT: 0 -[a] / [ + SEGMENT][ +consonantal] -/w/ A reduced vowel of some kind may be inserted between any + consonantal segment not in initial position and /w/. E.g., 1.01 gen. sing, /balw-es/ ->• [balwes] v [balawes] 'evil' (the latter form written balawas v balewas v baluwas). (0.b2c) OPT: /u/ -0/Γ + vocalicl -[ +consonantal] v #: L + long /u/ may be deleted after a long vowel and before a + consonantal segment or in word-final position (before E.g., 1.01 nom. sing, /hlëw-0/ -\*• [hlëu] v [hlë] 'grave'.

Mit der GERMANIA SACRA werden Handbücher zur Geschichte der alten deutschen Reichskirche (bis 1803/6 ) geschaffen. Das gesamte verfügbare gedruckte und ungedruckte Quellenmaterial sowie die Literatur der deutschen Bistümer, Domkapitel, Kollegiat- und Pfarrkirchen, Klöster und sonstigen kirchlichen Institutionen wird hier aufgearbeitet. Die Gliederung erfolgt nach den Bistümern und Erzbistümern.

Die Handbücher sind im wesentlichen einheitlich angelegt und enthalten folgende Kapitel: 1. Quellen, Literatur und Denkmäler, 2. Archiv und Bibliothek, 3. Historische Übersicht, 4. Verfassung, 5. Religiöses und geistiges Leben, 6. Besitz, 7. Personallisten.

Die enge Verbindung von Kirche und Welt im Mittelalter und in der frühen Neuzeit und die Tatsache, dass die schriftlichen Quellen bis zum Spätmittelalter fast ausschließlich aus geistlicher Hand kommen, machen die GERMANIA SACRA zur Grundlage der Kirchengeschichte, der politischen Reichs- und Landesgeschichte und der Wirtschafts- und Bildungsgeschichte.

Mit dem Abschluss von Band 37, 4: Das Bistum Münster, Die Diözese liegt erstmals die komplette Beschreibung einer Diözese (Münster) von ihrer Gründung bis zu ihrer Aufhebung in der Säkularisation 1803 vor.

CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 2. OLD HIGH GERMAN 3. OLD SAXON 4. OLD ENGLISH 5. WEST GERMANIC REFERENCES INDEX OF FORMS CITED