30.1519, Books: A Contrastive Grammar of Brazilian Pomeranian: Postma

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Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2019 22:14:24
From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: A Contrastive Grammar of Brazilian Pomeranian: Postma

 


Title: A Contrastive Grammar of Brazilian Pomeranian 
Series Title: Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 248  

Publication Year: 2019 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/
	

Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/la.248 


Author: Gertjan Postma

Electronic: ISBN:  9789027263537 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 158.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027263537 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 88.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027263537 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 105.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027201454 Pages: 312 Price: U.S. $ 158.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027201454 Pages: 312 Price: U.K. £ 88.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027201454 Pages: 312 Price: Europe EURO 111.30


Abstract:

Pomeranian is the West Germanic language spoken by European emigrants who went
from Farther Pomerania (present-day Poland) to Brazil in the period 1857–1887.
This language is no longer spoken in cohesive societies in Europe, but the
language has survived and is in remarkably good shape on this language island
in the tropical state of Espirito Santo. This monograph offers the first
synchronic grammar of this language. After a historical introduction, the book
offers a systematic description of its phonology, morphology and syntax. The
language is contrasted with its European sisters, more particularly High
German, Dutch, and Frisian. It highlights various phenomena that will
presumably contribute to the ongoing theoretical debate on the Germanic verbal
system. It provides new data on cluster V2, do-support, and the two
infinitives. As to the infinitival syntax, the language shows remarkable
parallels to the system of Frisian. As to the rich Pomeranian system of
subtractive morphology, the phonological account that is offered, will be
important for the ongoing discussion of the abstractness of phonological
representations. Finally, Pomeranian is a welcome addition to the set of
languages on which our etymological understanding of West Germanic is based.
 



Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics
                     Language Documentation

Language Family(ies): West Germanic


Written In: English  (eng)

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