Lexicalization of Upper Sorbian preverbs: Temporal-aspectual ramifications and the delimitation of German influence
Citation
Toops, Gary H. 1992. Lexicalization of Upper Sorbian preverbs: Temporal-aspectual ramifications and the delimitation of German influence. Germano-Slavica, 7/2, p. 3-22.
Abstract
This study proposes that the effect
of German on the morphosemantics of Upper Sorbian verbs is less extensive than has
heretofore been assumed. German influence is viewed here as extending directly
to only a small segment of the overall USo verb system while acting at the
same time as a catalyst for the intervention of other, intralinguistic factors.