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Band 530:: Somers Wicka, Katerina: From Phonology to Syntax: Pronominal Cliticization in Otfrid's Evangelienbuch. IX/134 S. - Tübingen: Niemeyer, 2009.
ISBN: 978-3-484-30530-4

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This monograph is an investigation of cliticization processes attested throughout Otfrid von Weissenburg's Old High German Evangelienbuch. Its central argument may be simply stated: attestations such as meg ih (< mag ih) 'I am able to,' theiz (< thaz iz) 'that it,' and wolt er (< wolta er) 'he wanted' comprise a host and clitic and are all manifestations of one unified process of cliticization. Establishing the crucial elements of the argument, however, requires that we reach beyond a phonological and prosodic account of the cliticization process. In order to show that attested clitic groups are actively produced, as opposed to lexically listed or grammaticalized, this work examines Otfridian clause structure, an analysis that provides an alternative to the more traditional treatment of clitics within the framework of grammaticalization theory. Finally, as the Evangelienbuch is a work of poetry, the effect of the meter on cliticization patterns is also addressed.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface		S. V
Abbreviations and Symbols		S. IX

1.	Introduction	S. 1
2.	Prosodie deficiency and cliticization in Otfrid	S. 6
3.	Theih, theiz and theist: a case of form fossilization?	S. 31
4.	Elision and cliticization	S. 72
5.	Conclusions	S. 104

Appendix 1. Chapter two forms		S. 113
Appendix 2. Chapter three forms		S. 115
Appendix 3. Chapter four forms		S. 122
References		S. 129

Preface			S. V
Abbreviations and Symbols			S. IX

1.	Introduction		S. 1
1.1.		Introduction and organization	S. 1
1.2.		Theoretical frameworks	S. 2
1.3.		The source, its limitations and advantages	S. 3
2.	Prosodie deficiency and cliticization in Otfrid		S. 6
2.1.		Evidence of primary umlaut in még ih, géb imo and ném iz	S. 6
2.2.		The prosodie status of még ih	S. 7
2.3.		Defining the pword within the prosodie hierarchy	S. 12
2.4.		The minimum pword in OHG and the lexical-function word dichotomy	S. 16
2.5.		A formal account of még ih and ném iz	S. 22
3.	Theih, theiz and theist: a case of form fossilization?		S. 31
3.1.		Theih, theiz, theist and the grammaticalization cline	S. 31
3.2.		Early Germanic and OHG clause structure	S. 36
3.3.		Lexically listed or actively derived? The case against a fossilized understanding of theih, theiz, and theist in Otfrid	S. 47
3.4.		Fossilization versus grammaticalization	S. 68
4.	Elision and cliticization		S. 72
4.1.		Pronominal cliticization or metaplasmus and synaloepha? The cases of wolt er, feristu, and theih (revisited)	S. 72
4.2.		The influence of the poetic meter on the attestation patterns of theih, theiz, and theist	S. 76
4.3.		Cliticization or metrically-licensed elision? The case of wolt er	S. 87
5.	Conclusions		S. 104
5.1.		The current analysis	S. 104
5.2.		Looking to the manuscript and beyond	S. 107

Appendix 1. Chapter two forms			S. 113
Appendix 2. Chapter three forms			S. 115
Appendix 3. Chapter four forms			S. 122
References			S. 129