The Influence of Text Type on Word Order of Old Germanic Languages
Anna Cichosz
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The Influence of Text Type on Word Order of Old Germanic Languages

A Corpus-Based Contrastive Study of Old English and Old High German

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The book examines the word order of two Old Germanic languages, Old English and Old High German, using a corpus containing samples of three text types: poetry, original prose and translated prose. Thanks to this methodology, it is possible to compare word order patterns in Old English and Old High German, eliminating differences which may be due to stylistic or technical reasons (rhythm, rhyme, Latin influences), as well as to see to what extent text type determines word order and to check whether this phenomenon is universal (triggering similar behaviour in both analysed languages). The book ...