Der Präteritumschwund im Luxemburgischen
Mit einer Übersicht über das Verhalten des Konjunktivs II und einem Exkurs zur Präteritalgrenzregion
The decay of the preterite (Präteritumsschwund), a process which can now be observed in Luxembourgish, is the focus of this analysis. The goal here is to identify relict verbs, pose questions about the grammaticalization of some individual verbs as...
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The decay of the preterite (Präteritumsschwund), a process which can now be observed in Luxembourgish, is the focus of this analysis. The goal here is to identify relict verbs, pose questions about the grammaticalization of some individual verbs as well as discuss the interaction of past tenses that occur in narratives. Type and token frequency values of the relict verbs will be dealt with and illustrated using current corpus data, for which diachronic data will be consulted for comparison. Furthermore, the multi-functional subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) will briefly be described. Thereafter, a digression will follow on the retention of preterite forms in the most northern part of the Luxembourgish language area. This empirical contribution pertains to the domains of linguistic economy, dynamic synchrony, and quantitative linguistics.
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