Strong verb paradigm leveling in four Germanic languages: A category frequency approach
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Strong verb paradigm leveling in four Germanic languages : A category frequency approach. / Dammel, Antje; Nowak, Jessica; Schmuck, Mirjam.
In: Journal of Germanic Linguistics, Vol. 22, No. 4, 2010, p. 341–365.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Strong verb paradigm leveling in four Germanic languages
T2 - A category frequency approach
AU - Dammel, Antje
AU - Nowak, Jessica
AU - Schmuck, Mirjam
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - We investigated strong-verb paradigm leveling in German, Dutch, English, and Swedish, and found significant differences in ablaut leveling and class change towards the weak conjugation. Swedish favors ablaut patterns retaining a difference between the preterite and the past participle, while German, Dutch, and English favor a common vowel for both forms. In change from the strong to the weak conjugation in Swedish, the preterite is more resistant than the past participle, while in the other languages it is the reverse. We provide a unified explanation for these facts based on differences in category frequency due to the prominence or lack of an aspectual distinction between preterite and perfect
AB - We investigated strong-verb paradigm leveling in German, Dutch, English, and Swedish, and found significant differences in ablaut leveling and class change towards the weak conjugation. Swedish favors ablaut patterns retaining a difference between the preterite and the past participle, while German, Dutch, and English favor a common vowel for both forms. In change from the strong to the weak conjugation in Swedish, the preterite is more resistant than the past participle, while in the other languages it is the reverse. We provide a unified explanation for these facts based on differences in category frequency due to the prominence or lack of an aspectual distinction between preterite and perfect
M3 - Journal article
VL - 22
SP - 341
EP - 365
JO - Journal of Germanic Linguistics
JF - Journal of Germanic Linguistics
SN - 1470-5427
IS - 4
ER -
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