Sunday, March 12, 2006
Auixiliary drop in Early Modern German
From Leiden Working Papers in Linguistics:
Anne Breitbarth (Tilburg University): Pragmatic aspects of Early Modern German auxiliary drop. Leiden Papers in Linguistics 3.1, 1-15.
Abstract: In this paper I argue that the ellipsis of finite auxiliaries, one of the more curious properties of Early Modern German, developed as a formal and pragmatic mark of the dependency of clauses. text
dewater
In a TV clip of an interview with a Mardis-Gras-goer, he used the word “dewatered” to describe the better parts of the city. I’d never heard that word, but M-W recognizes it: “to remove water from” It also shows up on a site called BayouBuzz.com. (I haven’t checked Lexis-Nexis.)
Gas service is available to approximately 83 percent of customers but is not available in the Ninth Ward. Gas servicemen continue to re-supply gas customers in areas where the gas system has been dewatered and service has been restored. link