Meter, syntax, and the use of punctuation in the Leipzig fragment of the Hêliand
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John D. Sundquist
Abstract
This study examines the use of punctūs (or ‘pointing’) for punctuation in the most recently discovered Leipzig fragment (MS L) of the Hêliand, focusing on the frequency and distribution of pointing in various metrical and syntactic contexts of the poem. Data on punctuation, word order, and meter are provided as evidence for a close stemmatic relationship between the L- and P-fragments but a more long-distant relationship with the main Hêliand manuscript C. This evidence supports findings in Schmid (2006) that the L- and P-fragments might come from the same codex and that the later MS C diverges from these fragments and their common Vorlage.
Abstract
This study examines the use of punctūs (or ‘pointing’) for punctuation in the most recently discovered Leipzig fragment (MS L) of the Hêliand, focusing on the frequency and distribution of pointing in various metrical and syntactic contexts of the poem. Data on punctuation, word order, and meter are provided as evidence for a close stemmatic relationship between the L- and P-fragments but a more long-distant relationship with the main Hêliand manuscript C. This evidence supports findings in Schmid (2006) that the L- and P-fragments might come from the same codex and that the later MS C diverges from these fragments and their common Vorlage.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- 日本言語政策学会 / Japan Association for Language Policy. 言語政策 / Language Policy 10. 2014 i
- Table of contents v
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Part I. Introduction
- Investigating West Germanic Languages 2
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Part II. Linguistic structure and change
- Homorganic lengthening in late Old English revisited 14
- Meter, syntax, and the use of punctuation in the Leipzig fragment of the Hêliand 32
- The semantics and grammatical status of - frei 51
- Een mooi paar mouwen 69
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Part III. Migration, contact, and change
- Sound change, analogy, and urban koineization in the regularization of verbs in late fourteenth-century English 80
- Vowel lowering, consonant cluster simplification, and koineization in the history of Pennsylvania Dutch 107
- Lexicalizing vernacular architecture in the Cape Dutch Vernacular 131
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Part IV. Vernacular sources and change
- Weaving data strands together 164
- Investigating change from a perspective of continuity 188
- Non-native communication in eighteenth-century maritime circles 225
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Part V. Historical sociolinguistics
- The dialect of Vriezenveen 260
- Exploring past and present layers of multilingualism in Flemish-emigrant writing 276
- An excursion into the lost history of historical sociolinguistics 301
- Index 325
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- 日本言語政策学会 / Japan Association for Language Policy. 言語政策 / Language Policy 10. 2014 i
- Table of contents v
-
Part I. Introduction
- Investigating West Germanic Languages 2
-
Part II. Linguistic structure and change
- Homorganic lengthening in late Old English revisited 14
- Meter, syntax, and the use of punctuation in the Leipzig fragment of the Hêliand 32
- The semantics and grammatical status of - frei 51
- Een mooi paar mouwen 69
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Part III. Migration, contact, and change
- Sound change, analogy, and urban koineization in the regularization of verbs in late fourteenth-century English 80
- Vowel lowering, consonant cluster simplification, and koineization in the history of Pennsylvania Dutch 107
- Lexicalizing vernacular architecture in the Cape Dutch Vernacular 131
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Part IV. Vernacular sources and change
- Weaving data strands together 164
- Investigating change from a perspective of continuity 188
- Non-native communication in eighteenth-century maritime circles 225
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Part V. Historical sociolinguistics
- The dialect of Vriezenveen 260
- Exploring past and present layers of multilingualism in Flemish-emigrant writing 276
- An excursion into the lost history of historical sociolinguistics 301
- Index 325
