Mood Alternations in Old High German Subordinate Clauses
In this paper, Old High German mood alternations in the different types of subordinate clauses (complement, adverbial and relative clauses) are discussed. The use of the subjunctive in subordinate clauses is notoriously more frequent than in Modern German and has not yet been thoroughly investiga...
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| author | Coniglio, Marco Hinterhölzl, Roland Petrova, Svetlana |
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In this paper, Old High German mood alternations in the different types of subordinate clauses (complement, adverbial and relative clauses) are discussed. The use of the subjunctive in subordinate clauses is notoriously more frequent than in Modern German and has not yet been thoroughly investigated. Based on a comprehensive corpus study, the paper will show that the licensing conditions for the subjunctive in Old High German are determined by notions such as veridicality and – in relative contexts – specificity. These conditions are thus similar (but not always identical) to those observed for Modern Greek and Romance languages. Furthermore, a syntactic analysis is provided in order to account for the licensing of the subjunctive in each type of subordinate clause.
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| spelling | doaj.art-057819c3c53f4de8af7ceea99e1f2a662023-10-30T08:12:41ZdeuFondazione Università Ca’ FoscariAnnali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie Occidentale2499-15622018-09-0152110.30687/AnnOc/2499-1562/2018/01/001journal_article_1493Mood Alternations in Old High German Subordinate ClausesConiglio, Marco0Hinterhölzl, Roland1Petrova, Svetlana2University of GöttingenUniversità Ca’ Foscari Venezia, ItaliaBergische Universität Wuppertal, Deutschland In this paper, Old High German mood alternations in the different types of subordinate clauses (complement, adverbial and relative clauses) are discussed. The use of the subjunctive in subordinate clauses is notoriously more frequent than in Modern German and has not yet been thoroughly investigated. Based on a comprehensive corpus study, the paper will show that the licensing conditions for the subjunctive in Old High German are determined by notions such as veridicality and – in relative contexts – specificity. These conditions are thus similar (but not always identical) to those observed for Modern Greek and Romance languages. Furthermore, a syntactic analysis is provided in order to account for the licensing of the subjunctive in each type of subordinate clause. http://doi.org/10.30687/AnnOc/2499-1562/2018/01/001Adverbial clause. Complement clause. Corpus study. Indicative. Mood alternation. Old High German. Relative clause. Specificity. Subjunctive. Subordinate clause. Veridicality |
| spellingShingle | Coniglio, Marco Hinterhölzl, Roland Petrova, Svetlana Mood Alternations in Old High German Subordinate Clauses Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie Occidentale Adverbial clause. Complement clause. Corpus study. Indicative. Mood alternation. Old High German. Relative clause. Specificity. Subjunctive. Subordinate clause. Veridicality |
| title | Mood Alternations in Old High German Subordinate Clauses |
| title_full | Mood Alternations in Old High German Subordinate Clauses |
| title_fullStr | Mood Alternations in Old High German Subordinate Clauses |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mood Alternations in Old High German Subordinate Clauses |
| title_short | Mood Alternations in Old High German Subordinate Clauses |
| title_sort | mood alternations in old high german subordinate clauses |
| topic | Adverbial clause. Complement clause. Corpus study. Indicative. Mood alternation. Old High German. Relative clause. Specificity. Subjunctive. Subordinate clause. Veridicality |
| url | http://doi.org/10.30687/AnnOc/2499-1562/2018/01/001 |
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