Element order in Old English and Old High German translations /
This book is the first comprehensive corpus study of element order in Old English and Old High German, which brings to light numerous differences between these two closely related languages. The study's innovative approach relies on translated texts, which allows to tackle the problem of the ap...
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
Johns Benjamins Publishing Company,
2016
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| Series: | Nowele supplement series,
Volume 28 |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | This book is the first comprehensive corpus study of element order in Old English and Old High German, which brings to light numerous differences between these two closely related languages. The study's innovative approach relies on translated texts, which allows to tackle the problem of the apparent incomparability of OE and OHG textual records and to identify the areas of OE and OHG syntax potentially influenced by the Latin source texts. This is especially important from the point of view of OE research, where Latin is rarely considered as a significant variable. The book's profile and content is of direct interest for historical linguists working on OE and/or OHG (and Old Germanic languages in general), but it can also greatly benefit several other groups of researchers: scholars applying corpus methods to the study of dead languages, historical linguists generally, linguists researching element order as well as specialists in translation studies. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027266231 9027266239 |
| ISSN: | 0900-0675 ; |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
