The syntax and semantics of past participle agreement in Alemannic

This paper investigates agreement on past participles in Highest Alemannic dialects of German. We will first show that participle agreement only occurs in contexts where the participle is adjectival, viz., in stative passives and in resultative perfects, but not in eventive perfects. The participles...

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Main Authors: Martin Salzmann, Gerhard Schaden
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2019-09-01
Series:Glossa
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Online Access:https://www.glossa-journal.org/articles/756