hellegennes έγραψε: 11 Δεκ 2019, 12:33
Εσύ πού το είδες; Πού λέει ότι η γραμματική της σύγχρονης αγγλικής γλώσσας είναι γερμανική; Και ποια είναι αυτά τα γερμανικά στοιχεία στην γραμματική της, για να ξέρουμε κι εμείς; Έχει ίδια συμπεριφορά ενικού-πληθυντικού; Είναι οι χρόνοι και οι εγκλίσεις; Είναι τα γραμματικά γένη; Τι ακριβώς;
I have argued that, although much of the lexicon of English originates from the
Romance languages, the extent to which the language, when applied in practice, relies on
Germanic derivations should not be discounted. I have shown that Modern English
demonstrates the consequences of the ‘First Germanic Consonant Shift’ and that it utilises a
strong stress on the root syllable of most words; it does, therefore, exhibit two critical
attributes of a Germanic language in terms of sound. I have explored how the decay of
inflections caused by the Germanic stress pattern has moved the language away from
distinctions between adjective forms and the use of OV syntactic structure in subordinate
clauses, both of which are typically Germanic. I have, lastly, argued that by maintaining the
distinction between the two types of verbs, the four grammatical cases and the two verbal
tense forms English has retained some of the most crucially Germanic grammatical elements.
I conclude, therefore, that though Modern English observes some noticeable behaviours and
features which differ from others in its linguistic category it adheres to the most significant
rules of its group and thus justifies its classification as a Germanic language.