Code
01D30311
Duration
01 October 2011 → 30 September 2016
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Humanities and the arts
- Linguistics
- Theory and methodology of linguistics
- Other languages and literary studies
Keywords
Germanic
proximal demonstrative
NP/DP parameter
portmanteau
diachronic syntax
nanosyntax
Project description
The project investigates two main aspects of the diachronic development of the Germanic noun phrase. The first concerns the NP/DP parameter and how the determiner system influences clausal syntax. The second concerns the nanosyntax of the proximal demonstrative ('this' < 'that' + 'see'). Empirical data is drawn from the runic inscriptions, Old Norse, Old English, Old High German, and Gothic.