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
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2025-01-01
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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 contextFile in questo prodotto:
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