Auer2000a
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Auer2000a |
| Author(s) | Peter Auer |
| Title | Pre- and post-positioning of wenn-clauses in spoken and written German |
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| Tag(s) | IL, Positioning, German |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Journal | InLiSt - Interaction and Linguistic Structures |
| Volume | 15 |
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Abstract
This paper is concerned with the distinction between pre- and postpositioned (initial and final) wenn-clauses in German, and with the distinction between written and spoken language. A simple cross-tabulation of the two features [spoken/written] and [pre-/ postpositioned] (section 3) shows that initial wenn-clauses are preferred in spoken German, but final wenn-clauses are preferred in written German. These findings are in need of an explanation, which will be given in sections 4 and 5. Section 2 sketches the main characteristics of German wenn-clauses as compared to English conditional (if-) clauses.
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