Year: 1968
Type: article
Abstract: Forms in AfrikaansIn addition to the many morphological peculiarities of Afrikaans, which distinguish this language not only from other modern Germanie languages but also from Dutch, whose mixed dialects formed the basis of Afrikaans, 1 certain morphological features which Afrikaans shares with other Germanie languages are of interest.Among such peculiarities is the structure of non-finite forms of certain modal verbs, in particular forms of infinitive I, which, in Afrikaans, are etymologically secondary, and of the synthetic infinitive II, which deviate from the regular pattern of the periphrastic infinitive II.From the structural point of view, the forms of the Afrikaans synthetic inf.II can be compared with the synthetic inf.II in -u of Modern Icelandic, and of Old West Scandinavian languages.This fact is of definite importance, because colloquial Afrikaans was formed in the 17th century, 2 and literary Afrikaans in the last decades of the 19th century; 3 the synthetic inf.IL is an innovation in this language.For this reason, the existence of similar forms of the synthetic inf.II in Icelandic and Afrikaans, as weil as the presence of these fonns in other Germanie languages, can hardly be regarded as a relie of the common Germanie stage.This was suggested by J. Grimm (cf.his explanation of the origin of the synthetic inf.II in Icelandic, and his ide a about the existence of synthetic inf.pre teri te
Source: WORD
Author: G. S. Sčur
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2134686288