Towards a linguistic interpretation of Kuhn's Laws:With special reference to Old English Beowulf Part 1
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While generally discussed in metrical terms, Kuhn's (1933) Laws are intended by the proponent to represent archaic linguistic properties of early Germanic preserved in alliterative poetry. This paper critically evaluates Kuhn's two Laws from a linguistic rather than metrical perspective based on examination of Old English Beowulf. The Laws reflect the earlier word order whereby unstressed light elements called by Kuhn `satzparkel', such as pronouns, short adverbs, and light finite verbs, tend to cluster in clause-initial position. While Kuhn's insight is significant, there are also problems with his notion of satzpartikel and the application of the Laws. Moreover, the use of Kuhn's Laws as metrical conventions is questionable.The paper consists of three Parts. Part I (this volume) contains Section 1: Introduction, Section 2: Background and significance of Kuhn's Laws: clitics in general and in early Germanic, Section 3: Definition of satzpartikel and other terms, and part of Section 4: Kuhn's First Law or Germanic law of clause particles. Part II (Volume 96) contains the rest of Section 4, Section 5: Kuhn's Second Law or Germanic law of the clause-initial position, and part of Section 6: Distinction of clause particles and phrase particles. Part III (Volume 97) consists of the rest of Section 6, Section 7: Stress on clause-initial alliterating verbs and the analysis of A3 verses, and Section 8: Conclusions. A list of references is appended to each Part.
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