Idiosynkrasie

Neue Wege ihrer Beschreibung

Edited by Rosemarie Lühr With Satoko Hisatsugi

Book cover: Idiosynkrasie

Extent: 118 pages

Publisher: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag

Subjects: Language & Linguistics

Language: German

Paperback (Published)

(June 2016)

ISBN: 9783954901821

6.69 x 9.49 inches

Price: $45.00

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Until now the concept of idiosyncrasy has been hardly associated with syntax or syntactic relations. Contributions of Indo-European linguistics show that it must be examined if there are indeed idiosyncratic syntactic phenomena. The data comes from Hittite, Vedic, Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, Venetic, Runic Norse, Welsh, Early New High German. Research questions are: Are idiosyncrasies in syntax actually irregularities or must they be explained by not stated rules? How do idiosyncrasies emerge historically? How are they being dealt with?<br/>


Until now the concept of idiosyncrasy has been hardly associated with syntax or syntactic relations. The following contributions of Indo-European linguistics show that it must be examined if there are indeed idiosyncratic syntactic phenomena. Under a broad concept of idiosyncrasy, hyphens in old inscriptions, null anaphora, the syntax of objects, the hyperbaton, idiosyncratic dass-clauses and idiosyncrasies in information structure are treated. The data comes from Hittite, Old Indic, Greek, Latin, Venetic, Runic Norse, Welsh, Early New High German. Research questions are: Are idiosyncrasies in syntax actually irregularities or must they be explained by not stated rules? How do idiosyncrasies emerge historically? How are they being dealt with?

  • Edited by Rosemarie Lühr
  • With Satoko Hisatsugi