Eintrag

Titel

Der Wortartenstatus des Elements je in der komparativen Korrelativkonstruktion

Personen

André Meinunger

Jahr

2011

Typ

Aufsatz

Periodikum

Zeitschrift für germanistische Linguistik
Deutsche Sprache in Gegenwart und Geschichte

Seiten

217 - 238

Band

39

Heft

2

Schlagwörter

Klassifikation
Komparation
Wortart

Objektwörter

je

Abstract

Most grammars and text books list the element "je" in its correlative use as a subordinate conjunction. The present study shows that this classification is not correct. Je is rather a word or word-like element which introduces a larger constituent which occupies the clause initial position much like a question word, or more precisely an interrogative constituent. One of the pieces of evidence is the multiple occurrence of "je"(-constituents) inside the same clause, a finding which has never been recognized before. Furthermore it is shown – contrary to Bech (1964) – that je clauses are compatible with negation. The contribution ends with a speculative part in which "je" is proposed to be either a particle or else even a bound morpheme, lacking word status at altogether.

https://grammis.ids-mannheim.de/bdg/72089