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Lang lebe der König! Aber auch der optative Konjunktiv?!
Abstract The now archaic optative subjunctive was common in earlier forms of the German language. This paper examines two questions: Why is the optative subjunctive rarely used today? Which linguistic constructions are presently used in the contexts and functions that originally accompanied the optative subjunctive? The paper goes beyond previous studies on this subjunctive and its substitutes by explaining closely how its context, function and syntax in historical instances may have an impact on the constructions that have replaced it. Furthermore, this paper argues that pragmatic change, economy, analogy and especially expressiveness can explain such displacement by specific constructions.
期刊介绍:
The Beiträge zur Geschichte der deutschen Sprache und Literatur (PBB) was founded by Hermann Paul and Wilhelm Braune in 1874. It publishes essays on diachronic linguistics and the history of German Literature from the beginnings to about 1600, as well as reviews of monographs and collected works in these fields. Whilst focusing on the German language and literature, it also contains contributions on Germanic languages (especially old Nordic) as well as middle Latin philology and interdisciplinary works.