Lexical template morphology : change of state and the verbal prefixes in German
A theoretical analysis of Germanic verbal prefixes in a Figure/Ground framework, touching on a wide range of superficially disparate phenomena in the fields of syntax, semantics and the lexicon. It should therefore be of interest to linguists beyond those working on German morphology.
VII, 270 p. ill. 23 cm
9789027230614, 9027230617
1014838711
1. Preface; 2. Introduction; 3. 1. Understanding the prefixes: The view so far; 4. 2. The be-verbs in the Figure/Ground schema; 5. 3. The Figure/Ground schema and the Indo-European case system; 6. 4. The non-locational prefixes and the hidden Ground; 7. 5. Deadjectival prefixed verbs; 8. 6. The Dative and the Locative Alternations; 9. 7. The loss of the prefixes in English; 10. References; 11. Index of names of writers cited; 12. Index of German prefixed verbs; 13. General index