Grammar and grammars in seventeenth-century Germany: The case of Christian Gueintz

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1. I-IV I
2. Contents V
3. Germanic linguistics in the Post-Modern Age 1
4. Infinitival subject sentences in Gothic 5
5. Lexicality and the versification of Johann Heinrich Voß: Observations on prosodic feature analysis 47
6. backen > buk/ backen > backte: Α study in grammatical variation 67
7. To the rescue of time in German tense 87
8. On syntactic and pragmatic features of speech acts in Wulfstan's homilies 109
9. Argument-predicate structure in grammar and performance: A comparison of English and German 127
10. The definition of a grammatical category: Gothic absolute constructions 145
11. Subject sich and expletive pro: Impersonal reflexive passives in German 161
12. Diminutive formation in Yiddish: A syllable-based account 169
13. Grammar and grammars in seventeenth-century Germany: The case of Christian Gueintz 185
14. The beginning and end of the (great) vowel shifts in Late Germanic 203
15. Nonlinear phonology and the development of postconsonantal resonants in word-final position in West Scandinavian and Germanic 231
16. Diachronic stratification of the Germanic vocabulary 243
17. Formal and less formal rules 265
18. BAG IV: Phonological interference 275
19. Semantic motivation vs. arbitrariness in grammar: Toward a more general account of the DAT/ACC contrast with German two-way prepositions 293
20. The Double Object construction in the Germanic languages: Some synchronic and diachronic notes 325
21. Index 343