Kategoria BISAC: Foreign Language Study >> German

Fur produktive Bildungen und fur bestehende transparente sowie nicht bzw. teiltransparente Partikelverben mit "an" wird ein Analyseformat erarbeitet. Komplexe Argumentstrukturen werden als mehr oder weniger selbststandige und mehr oder weniger schematische Konstruktionen, das heit Einheiten aus Form und Funktion, analysiert. Die Partikel "an" ist lexikalischer Bestandteil der Konstruktionen. Die Reihenfolge und Kasusmarkierung der Argumentstellen bilden die formale Seite. Die Bedeutungsseite wird in Form von Ereignistypen beschrieben, welche Instanzen von semantischen Frames sind. Das...

This monograph argues for a novel approach to split topicalization and quantifier float in German, based on the premise that syntactic structure-building proceeds solely via free application of Merge. Following recent developments in the pursuit of a more principled theory of syntax, it is argued that the stipulative notion of 'projection' ought to be dispensed with: syntactic objects created by Merge are not headed, and endocentricity arises due to a simple search algorithm. When this algorithm fails, specifically in symmetric {XP, YP} structures, an unlabeled constituent results; where a...

The 16 papers contained in this volume address a variety of phonological topics from different theoretical perspectives. Combined, they provide an excellent showcase for the diversity of the field. Topics considered include the place of allomorphy in grammar; Dutch clippings; the status of recursion in phonology; the role of contrast preservation in the Grimm-Verner push chain; the phonological specification of Dutch 'tense' and 'lax' monophthongs; the distribution of English vowels in a Strict CV framework; a dependency-based analysis of Germanic vowel shifts; a Radical CV Phonology...

Termini und Terminologien stellen einen zentralen Gegenstand der Fachsprachenforschung dar; kaum Beachtung finden bislang jedoch Strategien der Einfuhrung terminologischer Systeme in fachliche Texte. Die Studie befasst sich daher am Beispiel von Ausschnitten aus der Norm DIN 2330 und Kants "Kritik der reinen Vernunft" mit quantitativen Aspekten der Terminologisierung. Von besonderer Relevanz erweisen sich dabei der Anteil der Termini an der Gesamtheit der Worter, der Durchschnitt der Termini je Satz und je Definition, der Anteil der Definitionen an der Gesamtheit der Satze, der...

The structural and semantic properties of adverbials represent a still poorly understood area of sentential syntax and semantics in Germanic languages. In particular, it is an open question which different adverbial usages need to be distinguished, which usages are tied to which syntactic positions, and how these different usage can be formally analyzed. Focussing on adverbial adjectives in German, this study provides detailed answers to these questions. By distinguishing between verb-related adverbials and event-related adverbials, the author provides a new analysis of the large class of...

This book studies the linguistic representation of events by examining the relevance of two salient event characteristics-- telicity and durativity-- to the grammatical system of natural language.

The study of events, and of event characteristics, is an important testing ground for theories on the boundary between extralinguistic and linguistic knowledge, and on the relation between semantics and syntax. Telicity and durativity are notions which have become increasingly influential in both the semantic and the syntactic, i.e., grammaticalized, representation of events.

The...