The Diachrony of Agreement Systems: Welsh - Breton - German (and other Germanic languages)

在协议系统历时性的项目中，我们迄今为止已经确定，首先，协议系统的历时性可以用Corbett的协议层次来描述和分析，其次，从理论角度来看特别有趣的非正式协议的案例总体上相对较少，但仍然得到了一致的证明，第三，文本类型或体裁对协议的行为有影响。这最后一个影响对我们理解历时性发展构成了障碍，因此我们的目标是在后续项目中通过分析平行文本（即不同语言版本的同一文本）来控制这一因素。由于平行文本是对同一文本的翻译或改编，因此不仅文本类型保持不变，甚至文本本身也保持不变。为了更准确地确定个别语言的发展路径，将系统地比较和对比密切相关语言中的一致现象。这种比较历时的方法将使我们能够更准确地评估这些发展道路，因为所涉及的协定制度起源于类似或相同的来源。将以德语（和其他日耳曼语言）、威尔士语和布列塔尼语的平行文本分析协定制度的发展。分析将按以下步骤进行：1)详尽地记录一段圣经经文中所有一致的例子，平均约为。2000字（路加福音1:5-2:35），七个德语，三个威尔士语和三个布列塔尼语译本，以及一段平均约。（路加福音1:5-59）在20个古代和现代日耳曼圣经译本中寻找和记录不匹配的星座（即在语法和语义上表现出内在冲突的星座），在相同的圣经版本中，在中世纪和（早期）现代的德语平行文本中，对平行文本的分析为协议系统的发展提供了完全可比的数据，无论是在协议的跨语言出现方面，还是在不同协议类型的频率方面。对于德语来说，尽管其形态减少，但一致性的历时性增加可以观察到，这是由定语一致性的扩展引起的，而对于更古老的日耳曼语言来说，谓语一致性占主导地位。布列塔尼语也表现出定语一致的扩展，而威尔士语也表现出谓语一致的扩展。这个项目将使我们能够发展一个历时的协议类型学，从而为目前在历史句法研究中代表性不足的领域提供类型学信息和经验上合理的贡献。

In the project on the Diachrony of Agreement Systems we have thus far ascertained, first, that the diachrony of agreement systems can be described and analyzed in terms of Corbett's Agreement Hierarchy, second, that cases of non-formal agreement, which are specifically interesting from a theoretical point of view, are, on a whole, relatively rare, but nevertheless consistently attested, and third, that text type or genre has an influence on the behavior of agreement. This last effect constitutes an impediment to our understanding of diachronic developments and we therefore aim to control for this factor via analyses of parallel texts (i. e. the same text in different linguistic versions) in the follow-up project. Since parallel texts constitute translations or adaptations of the same text it is not only the text genre that remains constant but even the text itself. In order to identify paths of development in individual languages more precisely, agreement phenomena will be systematically compared and contrasted in closely related languages. This comparative diachronic approach will enable us to more accurately assess these development paths since the agreement systems involved originated from similar or identical sources. The development of agreement systems will be analyzed in parallel texts in German (and other Germanic languages), Welsh and Breton. The analysis will proceed as follows: 1) exhaustive documentation of all instances of agreement in a Bible passage averaging approx. 2,000 words (Luke 1:5-2:35) in seven German, three Welsh and three Breton translations as well as in a passage averaging approx. 1,000 words (Luke 1:5-59) in twenty old and modern Germanic Bible translations 2) targeted search for and documentation of instances of mismatch constellations (i.e. constellations which exhibit an inherent conflict between grammatically and semantically motivated agreement) in the same versions of the Bible and in the medieval and (early) modern parallel texts of German, Welsh and Breton The analysis of parallel texts yields data for the development of agreement systems which is exactly comparable, both in terms of the cross-linguistic occurrence of agreement and in terms of the frequency of different agreement types.For German, despite its morphological reduction, a diachronic increase of agreement can be observed, which is caused by expansion of the attributive agreement, while for the older Germanic languages predicative agreement is dominating. Breton shows an expansion of attributive agreement as well, while Welsh shows an expansion of predicative agreement. This project will enable us to develop a diachronic typology of agreement and thus provide a typologically informed and empirically sound contribution to a field currently underrepresented in the research of historical syntax.