Focus on Germanic Typology

Aus dem Inhalt:Werner Abraham und Gert Webelhuth Words of dedication for Hartmut CzepluchWerner Abraham IntroductionJohn H. McWhorter What happened to English?Halldór Ármann Sigurdsson Agree and Agreement - Evidence from GermanicJóhanna Barddal The semantics of the impersonal construction in Icelandic, German and Faroese: beyond thematic rolesCedric Boeckx und Kleanthes K. Grohmann Left dislocation in GermanicJac C. Conradie Verb sequence and placement: Afrikaans and Dutch comparedHartmut Czepluch ((Sterbezeichen)) Reflections on the form and function of passives in English and GermanMolly Diesing The upper functional domain in YiddishBridget Drinka Präteritumschwund: evidence for areal difussionWerner Abraham The European demise of the simple past and the emergence of the periphrastic perfect: Areal diffusion or natural, autonomous evolution under parsing facilitation?László Molnárfi Some remarks on the formal typology of pronouns in West GermanicRolf Thieroff The subjunctive mood in German and in the Germanic languages