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Published 2016
This book is the first comprehensive corpus study of element order in Old English and Old High German, which brings to light numerous differences between
...
Published 2016
This book is the first comprehensive corpus study of element order in Old English and Old High German, which brings to light numerous differences between
these two closely related languages. The study's innovative approach relies on translated texts, which allows the authors to tackle the problem of the
apparent incomparability of OE and OHG textual records and to identify the areas of OE and OHG syntax potentially influenced by the Latin source texts.
This is especially important from the point of view of OE research, where Latin is rarely considered to be a significant variable. The book's profile and
content is of direct interest to historical linguists working on OE and/or OHG (and Old Germanic languages in general), but it can also greatly benefit
several other groups of researchers: scholars applying corpus methods to the study of dead languages, historical linguists generally, linguists researching
element order as well as specialists in translation studies.
