Inheritance and Inflectional Morphology
Old High German, Latin, Early New High German, and Koine Greek
Summary
In this book, the nominal inflectional morphology of Old High German, Latin, Early New High German, and Koine Greek are analyzed using inheritance trees. Morphological data is drawn from parallel texts in each language; the trees may be used as a translation aid to readers of the source texts as an accompaniment to or substitute for traditional paradigms. The trees shed light on the structural similarities and differences among the four languages.
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Table Of Contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- About the author
- About the book
- This eBook can be cited
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations and Symbols
- Chapter 1: Inheritance
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Applications
- 3. Syncretism
- 4. Method
- Chapter 2: Old High German
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Strong Nouns
- 2.1. Masculine and Neuter
- 2.1.1. a-stems
- 2.1.2. -iz-/-az- stems and u-stems
- 2.2. Feminine
- 2.2.1. ō-stems
- 2.2.2. jō-stems
- 2.2.3. i-stems
- 3. Weak Nouns
- 3.1. Masculine and Neuter
- 3.2. Feminine
- Chapter 3: Latin
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Group I
- 2.1. ā-stems
- 2.2. o-stems
- 3. Group II
- 3.1. ē-stems
- 3.2. Consonantal and i-stems (Third Declension)
- 3.3. u-stems
- Chapter 4: Early New High German
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Strong Nouns
- 2.1. Group I
- 2.2. Group II
- 2.3. Group III
- 3. Weak Nouns
- Chapter 5: Koine Greek
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Group I
- 2.1. α-stems
- 2.2. ο-stems
- 3. Third Declension
- 3.1. Consonantal Stems
- 3.2. Vocalic Stems
- 3.2.1. ι-stems
- 3.2.2. υ-stems
- 3.2.3. ευ-stems
- 3.2.4. σ-stems
- Chapter 6: Contrastive Morphology
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Old High German and Latin
- 3. Early New High German and Koine Greek
- 4. Old High German and Early New High German
- 5. Latin and Koine Greek
- 6. Summary
- Chapter 7: Conclusion
- Appendix
- 1. Paradigms
- Old High German
- Latin
- Early New High German
- Greek
- 2. Data
- References
- Index
- Series index
← x | xi →Acknowledgments
I would like to thank Michelle Salyga, Jackie Pavlovic, and Stephen Mazur at Peter Lang Publishing for their assistance in the publication process. I am also grateful to the series editor, Irmengard Rauch, for her helpful comments. Lastly, I thank my family without whose support this book would not have been possible, especially Joseph and Florence van Wie; Paul and Ellen van Wie; and Jerry, Ellie, and Claire.← xi | xii →
← xii | xiii →Abbreviations and Symbols
abl |
ablative |
acc |
accusative |
cons |
consonantal |
dat |
dative |
decl |
declension |
ENHG |
Early New High German |
fem |
feminine |
gen |
genitive |
HPSG |
Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar |
inst |
instrumental |
loc |
locative |
masc |
masculine |
MHG |
Middle High German |
nom |
nominative |
obl |
oblique |
PIE |
Proto-Indo-European |
pl |
plural |
OHG |
Old High German |
vocative |
|
voc stems |
vocalic stems |
∧ |
and |
∨ |
or |
∀ |
all cases |
ø |
none |
Details
- Pages
- IX, 71
- Publication Year
- 2016
- ISBN (PDF)
- 9781453915899
- ISBN (MOBI)
- 9781454192084
- ISBN (ePUB)
- 9781454192091
- ISBN (Hardcover)
- 9781433128912
- DOI
- 10.3726/978-1-4539-1589-9
- Language
- English
- Publication date
- 2015 (November)
- Keywords
- Comparison Morphology Languages Paradigsm
- Published
- New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2016. IX, 71 pp., num. ill.
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