[PDF][PDF] Adjectival articles in early Germanic
A Pfaff, G Walkden - Noun phrases in early Germanic languages, 2024 - library.oapen.org
The grammaticalization of demonstratives into definite articles is a well-known phenomenon
and has received a lot of attention in the literature. Less attention has been paid to the …
and has received a lot of attention in the literature. Less attention has been paid to the …
[PDF][PDF] Positional predicates in early Germanic
A Pfaff - Noun phrases in early Germanic languages, 2024 - library.oapen.org
This chapter addresses a class of adjectival modifiers that has received relatively little
attention in the literature. Those modifiers, referred to here as positional predicates, differ …
attention in the literature. Those modifiers, referred to here as positional predicates, differ …
[PDF][PDF] Modifying variation: Adjective position in Old Norwegian
J Tiemann - Noun phrases in early Germanic languages, 2024 - library.oapen.org
In this chapter I analyze the positional variation of adnominal adjectives in Old Norwegian.
Even though a syntactic development towards a fixed prenominal appearance of adjectives …
Even though a syntactic development towards a fixed prenominal appearance of adjectives …
[PDF][PDF] How to measure syntactic diversity: Patternization, methods, algorithms
A Pfaff - Noun phrases in early Germanic languages, 2024 - library.oapen.org
This chapter develops an approach to diagnosing, comparing, and measuring word order
variation in a systematic fashion, attempting to put numbers on the degrees of that variation …
variation in a systematic fashion, attempting to put numbers on the degrees of that variation …