nam a22 c 4500 la.230/112016742 nljbp 250625052159.4 cr ||||||||||| 241210s2016 ne |||||||||||||||||eng|d 2016014876 9789027267115 (e-Book) nljbp eng nljbp nljbp PF3107 435 23 CF/2AC bicssc LAN009000 bisacsh Roehrs, Dorian author Quantifying Expressions in the History of German Syntactic reanalysis and morphological change Dorian Roehrs and Christopher D. Sapp Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2016 ©2016 1 online resource (xvii, 299 pp.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 0166-0829 230 Includes bibliographical references and index. Preface -- List of abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Simplex quantifying word: viel -- Chapter 3. From lexical adjective to quantifying adjective: wenig -- Chapter 4. Universal quantifiers all and jeder -- Chapter 5. Complex indefinite pronouns: jemand, niemand, and nichts -- Chapter 6. A different complex indefinite pronoun: etwas -- Chapter 7. Exceptional adjectives: ander, folgend and solch -- Chapter 8. Conclusions This study describes the 1200-year history of German quantifying expressions like nîoman anderro > niemand anderer ‘nobody else’, analyzing the morpho-syntactic developments within the generative framework. The quantifiers examined arose from various lexical sources/categories (nouns, adjectives, and pronouns) but all changed to adjectival quantifiers. These changes are interpreted as a novel type of upward reanalysis from head to specifier, which we associate with degrammaticalization driven by analogy. As for the quantified phrases, most appeared in the genitive in Old High German, indicating a bi-nominal structure. During the Early New High German period, most quantified nouns and adjectives changed to agreement with the quantifier. By Modern German, only quantified DPs and pronouns remain in the genitive. These changes involve downward reanalysis of the quantified elements, being integrated into the matrix nominal depending on the structural size of the quantified phrase. Overall, we conclude that diachronically quantifying expressions may have different syntactic analyses. Provided by publisher. Germanic linguistics Historical linguistics Morphology Syntax Theoretical linguistics Roehrs, Dorian author Sapp, Christopher D. author Hardbound version: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2016 9789027257130 DOI https://doi.org/10.1075/la.230 JB e-Platform https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027267115