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Tidiga nordiska prepositioner. Härkomst och uppkomst.

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Summary, in English

Prepositions already formed a grammatical category in the Common German language. New Scandinavian pepositions were established during the preliterary and the early literary periods. In this paper it is demonstraed that most of them were grammaticalizations of prepositional phrases or adverbs linked to a noun by an established preposition. The genesis of these new prepositions is investigated semantically and phonetically, and their possible etymological origins are discussed in the light of the general patterns observed.

Department/s

Publishing year

2008

Language

Swedish

Pages

77-142

Publication/Series

Arkiv för nordisk filologi

Volume

123

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

ANF

Topic

  • Languages and Literature

Keywords

  • etymology
  • grammaticalization
  • language history
  • prepositions
  • Proto-Nordic
  • Medieval Scandinavian

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0066-7668