In Titsch, a variety of Walser German spoken in Gressoney, a linguistic island of northern Italy, the Germanic strong / weak verb classes were remodeled in a very peculiar way. While the weak classes have been partially generalized in compliance with a trend which is generally observed throughout the whole Germanic family, the strong verbs have been reorganized according to the morphosyntactic environment in which they are used. When the latter require contextual agreement, the strong form is selected, while the weak form appears when no agreement is required by the context

Remodeling inflectional classes: Strong and weak verbs in Walser German

l. gaeta
2025-01-01

Abstract

In Titsch, a variety of Walser German spoken in Gressoney, a linguistic island of northern Italy, the Germanic strong / weak verb classes were remodeled in a very peculiar way. While the weak classes have been partially generalized in compliance with a trend which is generally observed throughout the whole Germanic family, the strong verbs have been reorganized according to the morphosyntactic environment in which they are used. When the latter require contextual agreement, the strong form is selected, while the weak form appears when no agreement is required by the context
2025
Exploring Structures in Languages and Language Contact. Studies in honour of Thomas Stolz. On occasion of his retirement.
Mouton De Gruyter
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9783111496344
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inflection, language change, corpus linguistics, linguistic islands, endangered languages
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