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The Morphological Status of Old English ge-

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2008

Tracy A. Crouch
Tracy A. Crouch
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Stephen F. Austin State UniversityDepartment of English and PhilosophyP.O. Box 13007, SFA StationNacogdoches, TX 75962-3007 [tcrouch@sfasu.edu]
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OE ge- functions synchronically as a proclitic, contrary to widely held views. This morphological status is an integral part of a broader diachronic pattern in Germanic, namely grammaticalization of an old particle to a prefix. OE g e- provides a clear example of grammaticalization. Following its path from Proto-Indo-European adverbial to Old English proclitic, and from its near grammaticalization as a past participle marker and subsequent loss, one can see easily the cline of grammaticalization.

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Journal of Germanic Linguistics , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , Fall 1995 , pp. 165 - 178
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Copyright © Society for Germanic Linguistics 1995

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