Cover not available

In:Element Order in Old English and Old High German Translations
Anna Cichosz, Jerzy Gaszewski and Piotr Pęzik
[NOWELE Supplement Series 28] 2016
► pp. v–viii

Get fulltext
PDF logo with download linkDownload Chapter PDF


This article is available free of charge.

Published online: 8 December 2016
DOI logo with link
https://doi.org/10.1075/nss.28.toc

Table of contents

List of Figures VI
List of Tables VIII
Preface 1
Chapter 1Studying the element order of Old Germanic languages 3
1.1Introduction 3
1.2Element order 4
1.3Available sources for Old Germanic languages 8
1.4Comparing the comparable 11
1.5Translations: a second choice for a syntactic study 14
Chapter 2How to study element order in translated texts 19
2.1Methodologies of other studies of OE and OHG translations 19
2.2The ENHIGLA parallel corpus 22
2.3Texts included in the corpus 24
2.4Syntactic annotation of clauses and clause elements 29
2.5The alignment procedure 36
2.6Classification of element order patterns 37
2.7Assessing dependence on the Latin source text 41
2.8Quantifying complex element order patterns 46
2.9Summary 49
Chapter 3The V-second phenomenon 51
3.1The V-2 phenomenon: overview 51
3.1.1Introduction 51
3.1.2The V-2 phenomenon in OE 52
3.1.3The V-2 phenomenon in OHG 54
3.1.4Summary: factors influencing the V-2 phenomenon in OE and OHG 56
3.2Research questions and the structure of the study 56
3.3Overall results 59
3.4V-2 phenomenon according to subject type 60
3.4.1Pronominal subjects 60
3.4.2Nominal subjects 62
3.5Clause-initial elements causing S-V inversion 64
3.6Clause-initial elements not causing S-V inversion 75
3.7Intervening phrases 83
3.8Relation to Latin 88
3.9Summary and conclusions 114
Chapter 4Verb-initial main declarative clauses 121
4.1V-1 declarative clauses: overview 121
4.1.1The origin of the V-1 order 121
4.1.2V-1 declaratives in OE 122
4.1.3V-1 declaratives in OHG 124
4.2Research questions 126
4.3Overall results 127
4.4The influence of verb type and negation 127
4.5The narrative function of V-1 declaratives 132
4.6Relation to Latin 137
4.7Summary and conclusions 147
Chapter 5Element order in subordinate clauses 153
5.1Subordinate clauses: overview 153
5.1.1Introduction 153
5.1.2Subordinate clauses in OE 154
5.1.3Subordinate clauses in OHG 156
5.1.4Summary: Factors influencing the order of subordinate clauses in OE and OHG 158
5.2Approach and study design 158
5.2.1Classifying element order in subordinate clauses 158
5.2.2Research questions 163
5.3General distribution of element orders 164
5.4Clause type 166
5.5Types of post-verbal phrases 169
5.6Weight of phrases 175
5.7Subtypes of adverbial clauses 184
5.8Subtypes of nominal clauses 193
5.9Subtypes of relative clauses 200
5.9.1Free relatives and true relatives 200
5.9.2Relativisation strategies 205
5.10Relation to Latin 213
5.11Summary and conclusions 229
Chapter 6Element order in conjunct clauses 235
6.1Overview of the element order in OE and OHG conjunct clauses 235
6.1.1Introduction 235
6.1.2Conjunct clauses in OE 237
6.1.3Conjunct clauses in OHG 238
6.1.4Problems of comparison and study design 240
6.2Research questions 243
6.3The basic element order in conjunct clauses 243
6.4Co-referentiality of subjects in OE 253
6.5Locative phrases in OE 258
6.6Type of verb in OHG 261
6.7Relation to Latin 264
6.8Summary and conclusions 277
Chapter 7The position of objects 283
7.1Introduction: objects in OE and OHG 283
7.1.1Objects in Old Germanic languages 283
7.1.2Objects in OE 284
7.1.3Objects in OHG 286
7.2Research questions and study design 287
7.3Position of pronominal objects 288
7.4Position of nominal objects 297
7.5Objects in clauses with a complex verb phrase 304
7.6Relation to Latin 308
7.6.1Clauses with a simple VP 308
7.6.2Clauses with a complex VP 327
7.6.3Summary of Latin influence 334
7.7Summary and conclusions 336
Chapter 8Translation strategies 343
8.1Introduction 343
8.2Research questions 346
8.3Syntax of the source texts. Classifying Latin element order patterns. 347
8.4Overall closeness of the translations 350
8.5Translating V-1 clauses 352
8.6Translating V-final clauses 361
8.7Translating non-finite clauses 366
8.8Phraseological equivalence 373
8.9Summary and conclusions 379
Chapter 9Text-specific and language-specific element order patterns in OE and OHG translations 383
9.1Introduction 383
9.2Text-specific and language-specific features of the OE translations 383
9.2.1The Book of Genesis 383
9.2.2Bede’s Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum 386
9.2.3The Gospel of Luke (West-Saxon Gospels) 390
9.2.4Common features of the OE translations 392
9.3Text-specific and language-specific features of the OHG translations 395
9.3.1Tatian Gospel translation 395
9.3.2Isidor’s De fide catolica 398
9.3.3Physiologus 400
9.3.4Common features of the OHG translations 402
9.4Comparison of OE and OHG element order 404
9.5Final conclusions 406
References 411
Mobile Menu Logo with link to supplementary files background Layer 1 prag Twitter_Logo_Blue