ÜBER DIE VEREINFACHUNG DES FLEXIONSSYSTEMS UND DIE FIXIERUNG DER WORTSTELLUNG IN DEN GERMANISCHEN SPRACHEN
ÜBER WHICH VEREINFACHUNG OF THE FLEXIONSSYSTEMS UND WHICH FIXIERUNG OF THE WORTSTELLUNG IN PINE GERMANISCHEN SPRACHEN

Summary/Abstract: This paper deals with the relationship between the simplification of the inflectional system and the fixation of the word order in the Germanic languages, respectively the relative chronology of the two processes. References will be made mainly to Old English, - the best documented among the Old Germanic languages - , and to its contact with Old Norse. Considering the theories connected to the current subject and the investigations made, we conclude that it is more probable that the morphological simplification preceded the word order fixation.

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