Re-Evaluating Comparison between English and Ger­man: Indo-European Perspectives

In this paper, English and German are compared historically along with other Indo-European languages (henceforth IE languages), focusing on their alignment changes. English and German are often compared, e.g. Hawkins (1986), but alignment is surprisingly not mentioned. This absence is perhaps becau...

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Main Author: Junichi Toyota
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Vilnius University 2008-01-01
Series:Kalbotyra
Online Access:http://www.journals.vu.lt/kalbotyra/article/view/7616