Matthias Eitelmann

List of John Benjamins publications in which Matthias Eitelmann is involved.

Titles

Extravagant Morphology: Studies in rule-bending, pattern-extending and theory-challenging morphology

Edited by Matthias Eitelmann and Dagmar Haumann

Taking extra-vagans literally (Lat. ‘wandering outside, out of bounds’), this volume comprises nine case studies on extravagant morphology ranging from pattern-extending derivational processes via theory-challenging compounding processes to interface-straddling morphosyntactic phenomena. As a… read more

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 223] 2022. v, 258 pp.

Reorganising Grammatical Variation: Diachronic studies in the retention, redistribution and refunctionalisation of linguistic variants

Edited by Antje Dammel, Matthias Eitelmann and Mirjam Schmuck

With most studies on grammatical variation concentrating on the synchronic level, a systematic investigation of long-term grammatical variation within the context of language change, i.e. from a predominantly diachronic perspective, has largely remained a desideratum. The present volume fills this… read more

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 203] 2018. v, 302 pp.

Articles

Eitelmann, Matthias and Dagmar Haumann 2022 Extravagance in morphology: Introduction Extravagant Morphology: Studies in rule-bending, pattern-extending and theory-challenging morphology, Eitelmann, Matthias and Dagmar Haumann (eds.), pp. 1–18 | Chapter

Schmuck, Mirjam, Matthias Eitelmann and Antje Dammel 2018 Introduction: On the role of reorganisation in long-term variation and change and its theoretical implications Reorganising Grammatical Variation: Diachronic studies in the retention, redistribution and refunctionalisation of linguistic variants, Dammel, Antje, Matthias Eitelmann and Mirjam Schmuck (eds.), pp. 1–16 | Chapter

Eitelmann, Matthias 2013 Remembering ( ge)munan: The rise and decline of a potential modal Comparative Studies in Early Germanic Languages: With a focus on verbal categories, Diewald, Gabriele, Leena Kahlas-Tarkka and Ilse Wischer (eds.), pp. 127–150 | Article

Old English (ge)munan is one of the preterite-present verbs that became obsolete in the (strongly debated) more or less radical change into modal auxiliaries. Contrasted with those verbs that replaced the preterite-present in its lexical sense from Middle English onwards, an etymological analysis… read more