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A comprehensive description of the combination of the finite auxiliary verbs wērden ‘become’/wēsen ‘be’ and a present participle in Middle Low German is still a strong desideratum. This study presents a corpus-based analysis of the aforementioned phenomenon with a special focus on its grammatical structure and its different meanings. In particular, it focuses on a wide range of temporal and aspectual meanings, depending on the auxiliary verb, its tense and mood. Moreover, the relationship between the semantics of the main verb and the meaning of the whole construction is investigated. Finally, the competition with alternative verbal complex constructions expressing the same meaning is also explored. The analysis is carried out on the basis of Middle Low German texts from different times, language areas, and genres.
对中古低地德语中有限助动词wērden ' become ' /wēsen ' be '和现在分词的组合进行全面的描述仍然是一个强烈的愿望。本研究以语料库为基础，对上述现象进行分析，重点分析其语法结构和不同意义。特别是，它侧重于广泛的时间和方面的意义，这取决于助动词，它的时态和语气。此外，还研究了主动词的语义与整个结构的意义之间的关系。最后，还探讨了表达相同意思的其他复合结构之间的竞争。本文以不同时期、语言区域和体裁的中古低地德语文本为基础进行分析。
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