Zur Kommasetzung im Deutschen
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Martin Neef
Abstract
This paper reconstructs the current comma placement in Germanwithin the framework of theModular Theory ofWriting Systems (cf. Neef 2005; 2015). For this purpose, three conditions are formulated, which - in the sense of a syntactic principle - provide certain markers for the syntactic constructions co-subordination, sentence, and infinitive phrase. The conditions are conceived as both inviolable and unordered and they apply to German in a language-specific way. The special feature of the conditions is that they are not conceived as comma rules, prescribing the placement of commas in certain positions. Rather, within the syntactic constructions certain positions are identified that require marking. The comma is only one of the marking options; it is the default, which is used if no other marking is present. In this way, all comma positions that are obligatory according to the currently valid norm are captured, and to a small extent also facultative ones. In favor of the simplicity of the explanation, other optional comma positions are considered a systematic complication and are ignored in the model.
Abstract
This paper reconstructs the current comma placement in Germanwithin the framework of theModular Theory ofWriting Systems (cf. Neef 2005; 2015). For this purpose, three conditions are formulated, which - in the sense of a syntactic principle - provide certain markers for the syntactic constructions co-subordination, sentence, and infinitive phrase. The conditions are conceived as both inviolable and unordered and they apply to German in a language-specific way. The special feature of the conditions is that they are not conceived as comma rules, prescribing the placement of commas in certain positions. Rather, within the syntactic constructions certain positions are identified that require marking. The comma is only one of the marking options; it is the default, which is used if no other marking is present. In this way, all comma positions that are obligatory according to the currently valid norm are captured, and to a small extent also facultative ones. In favor of the simplicity of the explanation, other optional comma positions are considered a systematic complication and are ignored in the model.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Vorwort V
- Preface VII
- Inhaltsverzeichnis/Contents IX
- Einleitung XIII
- Introduction XXIII
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System
- Zur Kommasetzung im Deutschen 3
- ‹/›, ‹,› und ‹,› – Variation und Wandel in der Entwicklung der Kommas im 17. und 18. Jh. aus graph(emat)ischer Perspektive 25
- Das Komma in kontrastiver Perspektive Italienisch–Deutsch 57
- Punctuation Principles in the Glagolitic and Cyrillic Printed Works of the Croatian Protestant Printing Press in Urach (1561–1564) 73
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Norm
- Isolating the Syntactic Factor in Non-Standard Punctuation 91
- Vom genormten Satzbau zur genormten Interpunktion 109
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Gebrauch/Use
- Textsegmentierung in Handschrift und Frühdruck 137
- Interpunktion in historischen Patientenbriefen 163
- Japanische Interpunktion im Wandel der Zeit 187
- An Investigation of the Factors Influencing Chinese Readers’ Perception of Sentence Boundaries in Mandarin 215
- The Colon in English, German and Swedish: A Contrastive Corpus-Based Study 237
- Comparing Word Marks 263
- The Ellipsis and the Dash in Italian and English: A Contrastive Perspective 289
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Erwerb/Acquisition
- Interpunktion – (K)ein Thema für Deutsch als Fremdsprache? 317
- Deutsch und Dänisch im Vergleich: Die Verwendung des Ausrufezeichens 343
- Zur Kommasetzung italienischer DaF-Lernender 369
- Sachregister/Index 397
- Interpunktionszeichenregister/Index of Punctuation Marks 407
- Adressen/Addresses 413
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Vorwort V
- Preface VII
- Inhaltsverzeichnis/Contents IX
- Einleitung XIII
- Introduction XXIII
-
System
- Zur Kommasetzung im Deutschen 3
- ‹/›, ‹,› und ‹,› – Variation und Wandel in der Entwicklung der Kommas im 17. und 18. Jh. aus graph(emat)ischer Perspektive 25
- Das Komma in kontrastiver Perspektive Italienisch–Deutsch 57
- Punctuation Principles in the Glagolitic and Cyrillic Printed Works of the Croatian Protestant Printing Press in Urach (1561–1564) 73
-
Norm
- Isolating the Syntactic Factor in Non-Standard Punctuation 91
- Vom genormten Satzbau zur genormten Interpunktion 109
-
Gebrauch/Use
- Textsegmentierung in Handschrift und Frühdruck 137
- Interpunktion in historischen Patientenbriefen 163
- Japanische Interpunktion im Wandel der Zeit 187
- An Investigation of the Factors Influencing Chinese Readers’ Perception of Sentence Boundaries in Mandarin 215
- The Colon in English, German and Swedish: A Contrastive Corpus-Based Study 237
- Comparing Word Marks 263
- The Ellipsis and the Dash in Italian and English: A Contrastive Perspective 289
-
Erwerb/Acquisition
- Interpunktion – (K)ein Thema für Deutsch als Fremdsprache? 317
- Deutsch und Dänisch im Vergleich: Die Verwendung des Ausrufezeichens 343
- Zur Kommasetzung italienischer DaF-Lernender 369
- Sachregister/Index 397
- Interpunktionszeichenregister/Index of Punctuation Marks 407
- Adressen/Addresses 413
