Complex Verb Constructions in Old Dutch

Abstract This article presents a corpus study of complex verb constructions in Old Dutch. A systematic search of the Old Dutch Corpus uncovers a set of fifteen complex verb constructions which all stack two auxiliaries (one finite and one nonfinite) on top of a main verb. The oldest and most frequen...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik 2020-11, Vol.80 (3), p.286-302
1. Verfasser:	Coussé, Evie
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Complexity Corpus linguistics Dutch language General Language Studies and Linguistics Jämförande språkvetenskap och lingvistik Language history Languages and Literature Passive voice Specific Languages Språk och litteratur Språkstudier Syntactic structures verb construction – auxiliary – grammaticalization – frequency – corpus – Old Dutch Verbs
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Zusammenfassung:	Abstract This article presents a corpus study of complex verb constructions in Old Dutch. A systematic search of the Old Dutch Corpus uncovers a set of fifteen complex verb constructions which all stack two auxiliaries (one finite and one nonfinite) on top of a main verb. The oldest and most frequent complex verb construction in the corpus is a future passive construction combining finite sullan 'shall' with nonfinite werthan 'be' and a past participle. The article discusses all fifteen complex verb constructions in detail and sketches the wider linguistic context in which they are found.
ISSN:	0165-7305 1875-6719 1875-6719
DOI:	10.1163/18756719-12340196