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The present work deals with the variation in the linearisation of German infinitival complements from a diachronic perspective. Based on the observation that in present-day German the position of infinitival complements is restricted by properties of the matrix verb (Haider, 2010, Wurmbrand, 2001), whereas this appears much more liberal in older stages of German (Demske, 2008, Maché and Abraham, 2011, Demske, 2015), this dissertation investigates the emergence of those restrictions and the factors that have led to a reduced, yet still existing variability. The study contrasts infinitival complements of two types of matrix verbs, namely raising and control verbs. In present-day German, these show different syntactic behaviour and opposite preferences as far as the position of the infinitive is concerned: while infinitival complements of raising verbs build a single clausal domain with the with the matrix verb and occur obligatorily intraposed, infinitive complements of control verbs can form clausal constituents and occur predominantly extraposed. This correlation is not attested in older stages of German, at least not until Early New High German.
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Dissertation Universität Potsdam 2021
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe De Cesare, Ilaria Word order variability and change in German infinitival complements Potsdam, 2021
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Hochschulschrift
DOI:
10.25932/publishup-52735
URN:
urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-527358
URL:
https://doi.org/10.25932/publishup-52735
URL:
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-527358
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https://d-nb.info/1247102424/34
Mehr zum Autor:
Demske, Ulrike 1961-
Mehr zum Autor:
Speyer, Augustin 1974-
