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Chapter 9 - Verbal Inflectional Morphology in Germanic

from Part II - Morphology and Agreement Systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2020

By
David Fertig
Edited by
Michael T. Putnam  and
B. Richard Page
Michael T. Putnam
Affiliation:
Pennsylvania State University
B. Richard Page
Affiliation:
Pennsylvania State University
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Summary

This chapter provides an overview of the morphosyntactic categories associated with the verb in Germanic and the various inflectional and periphrastic exponents of those categories, with a particular focus on inflectional classes. Characteristics common to most or all of the modern languages are emphasized, but important features of individual languages and branches are also described.

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The Cambridge Handbook of Germanic Linguistics , pp. 193 - 213
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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