Fuhrhop N, Kürschner S (2014)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Book chapter / Article in edited volumes
Publication year: 2014
Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
Edited Volumes: Word formation. An international handbook of the languages of Europe
Series: = HSK 40/1
City/Town: Berlin/ New York
Pages Range: 568-582
URI: http://www.degruyter.com/view/serial/16647?rskey=OlrqNB&result=1
Linking elements such as -s in German Versicherung-s-vertreter, are found in between the parts of word-formation products in several Germanic languages. Systematic and functional aspects of linking elements are first introduced with respect to German. After that, a survey of other Germanic languages is provided. In parallel across the Germanic languages, the distribution of linking elements is different from that of the inflectional markers they stem from. Linking-s is distributed based on morphological (and, in German, prosodic) complexity, suggesting a function as morphological boundary marker across languages. The distribution of syllabic elements is more language-specific and based on semantic, rhythmic, and inflectional characteristics, respectively.
APA:
Fuhrhop, N., & Kürschner, S. (2014). Linking elements in Germanic. In Peter O. Müller, Ingeborg Ohnheiser, Susan Olsen & Franz Rainer (Eds.), Word formation. An international handbook of the languages of Europe. (pp. 568-582). Berlin/ New York: de Gruyter Mouton.
MLA:
Fuhrhop, Nanna, and Sebastian Kürschner. "Linking elements in Germanic." Word formation. An international handbook of the languages of Europe. Ed. Peter O. Müller, Ingeborg Ohnheiser, Susan Olsen & Franz Rainer, Berlin/ New York: de Gruyter Mouton, 2014. 568-582.
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