An emerging future infinitive in present day German?

This paper puts forward the hypothesis that there is a future infinitive evolving in present day German and addresses the theoretical consequences that this might have. Section 1 gives the basic definitions as well as some introductory examples. Section 2 presents evidence in favour of the hypothesi...

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Main Author: Reiner Tabea Elina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2015-08-01
Series:Open Linguistics
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Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/opli.2014.1.issue-1/opli-2015-0016/opli-2015-0016.xml?format=INT