In the literature (e.g. Kriwonossow 1977, Hentschel 1986, Thurmair 1989, Meibauer 1994) the syntactic features of German modal particles have often been discussed, but the question of their syntactic aspects still remains open. Even though there is a widely-held consensus that German modal particles can only occur in the Middle Field, the principles ruling their distribution within this field are not clear. After a summary of the current state of research, focussing on those studies that have investigated the relation between the position of modal particles and the theme-rheme structure, this article presents an analysis of the distribution of German modal particles in the constituent order of the Middle Field in example sentences taken from a German crime story. The results of this analysis show that a pure syntactic approach cannot explain modal particles’ movements within the Middle Field so that a new approach based on the interaction between Syntax and Prosody is needed.
La posizione sintattica delle Modalpartikeln del tedesco, pur essendo stata argomento trattato in numerosi lavori (si veda Kriwonossow 1977, Hentschel 1986, Thurmair 1989, Meibauer 1994), rimane una questione aperta. Se infatti è indubbio che esse compaiano sempre nel Mittelfeld, i meccanismi che regolano la loro distribuzione all’interno di esso non sono chiari. Ad uno sguardo sullo stato della ricerca sulle Modalpartikeln ed in particolare sugli studi che hanno trattato la relazione tra il loro comportamento sintattico e la struttura tema-rema, segue un’analisi della posizione delle Modalpartikeln rispetto all’ordine lineare dei costituenti nel Mittelfeld in frasi tratte da un romanzo giallo. Obiettivo del presente lavoro è quello di indagare i fattori che regolano la sintassi delle Modalpartikeln. Sulla base dei risultati dell’analisi si propone un nuovo approccio di ricerca basato sull’interazione tra sintassi e prosodia.
(2005). Zur syntaktischen Distribution der Modalpartikeln im Deutschen [journal article - articolo]. In LINGUISTICA E FILOLOGIA. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10446/148
Zur syntaktischen Distribution der Modalpartikeln im Deutschen
Moroni, Manuela
2005-01-01
Abstract
In the literature (e.g. Kriwonossow 1977, Hentschel 1986, Thurmair 1989, Meibauer 1994) the syntactic features of German modal particles have often been discussed, but the question of their syntactic aspects still remains open. Even though there is a widely-held consensus that German modal particles can only occur in the Middle Field, the principles ruling their distribution within this field are not clear. After a summary of the current state of research, focussing on those studies that have investigated the relation between the position of modal particles and the theme-rheme structure, this article presents an analysis of the distribution of German modal particles in the constituent order of the Middle Field in example sentences taken from a German crime story. The results of this analysis show that a pure syntactic approach cannot explain modal particles’ movements within the Middle Field so that a new approach based on the interaction between Syntax and Prosody is needed.File | Dimensione del file | Formato | |
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