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The history of Low German negation /

This work examines the diachronic development of negation in Low German, from Old Saxon to Middle Low German. It is the first substantial diachronic analysis of these changes and looks at both the development of standard negation and the changing interaction between the expression of negation and in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Breitbarth, Anne, 1976- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oxford studies in diachronic and historical linguistics.
Subjects:
Low German language > Grammar.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Negatives.
Negation (Logic)
Bas-allemand (Langue) > Grammaire.
Négations (Linguistique)
Négation (Logique)
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Scandinavian Languages (Other)
Grammar, Comparative and general > Negatives
Low German language > Grammar
Electronic books.
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Summary:This work examines the diachronic development of negation in Low German, from Old Saxon to Middle Low German. It is the first substantial diachronic analysis of these changes and looks at both the development of standard negation and the changing interaction between the expression of negation and indefinites in its scope.
Item Description:Title from PDF title page (viewed on September 25, 2014).
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191510946
0191510947