Rauch Irmengard, Carr Gerald F. (Editors). Insights in Germanic Linguistics I: Methodology in Transition

Mouton de Gruyter, 1995. — vi, 354 p. — (Trends in Linguistics). — ISBN: 3-11-014359-3.How do we gauge the current pulse of the pursuit of Germanic linguistics, if not by a diverse but well-integrated set of papers attesting a venerable discipline which, however, has made the transition into the Post-Modern linguistic world. A predominant hallmark of this new linguistic order is, of course, pluralism. While the centralization of Germanic linguistics, i.e., the research unity of East, West, and North Germanic languages, whether historical or contemporary, has become a fact, its centripetalism captures more and more Germanic languages and it does so with increasing methodological fociIn the seventeen contributions which comprise this volume we recognize that the era of the linguistic study of singular components of the grammar, of uniquely recognized methods, of frequently studied languages, and/or of language periods has yielded to an era which tolerates, indeed encourages, pluralism in grammar components, methods, languages, and time frames within an article itself and across the seventeen studies. Crucially for the science that is linguistics, this Post-Modern trend has in no way exacted less research rigor. On the contrary, the opening-up of Germanic linguistics to diverse foci is resulting in an unprecedented richness and solidification of the research on languages spoken by people in most parts of the world.Germanic linguistics in the Post-Modern Age
Infinitival subject sentences in Gothic
Lexicality and versification of Johann Heinrich Yoß: Observations on prosodic feature analysis
backen > buk/backen > backte: A study in grammatical variation
To the rescue of time in German tense
On syntactic and pragmatic features of speech acts in Wulfstan's homilies
Argument-predicate structure in grammar and performance: A comparison of English and German
The definition of a grammatical category: Gothic absolute constructions
Subject sich and expletive pro: Impersonal reflexive passives in German
Diminutive formation in Yiddish: A syllable-based account
Grammar and grammars in seventeenth-century Germany: The case of Christian Gueintz
The beginning and end of the (great) vowel shifts in Late Germanic
Nonlinear phonology and the development of post-consonantal resonants in word-final position in West Scandinavian and Germanic
Diachronic stratification of the Germanic vocabulary
Formal and less formal rules
BAG IV: Phonological interference
Semantic motivation vs. arbitrariness in grammar: Toward a more general account of the DAT/ACC contrast with German two-way prepositions
The Double Object construction in the Germanic languages: Some synchronic and diachronic notes