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Was determiniert das Vorfeldkomma?
Untersuchungen zur Verteilung einer nicht-standardisierten Kommatierung
Berg, Kristian | Bredel, Ursula | Fuhrhop, Nanna | Schreiber, Niklas
Linguistische Berichte (LB), Bd. 2020 (2020), Iss. 261: S. 87–118
3 Citations (CrossRef)
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Berg, Kristian
Bredel, Ursula
Fuhrhop, Nanna
Schreiber, Niklas
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Abstract
There is a peculiar comma in German texts, the prefield comma (Vorfeldkomma). It appears before the finite verb form (German is a verb-second-language). If the prefield is not a sentence and if it is not sentence-like by itself, the orthographic norm does not license a comma. However, it is found frequently in non-standardized texts. In this paper, we investigate nearly 1,000 prefield commas from a non-standardized corpus. These comma prefields are compared with prefields without commas, and the conditions are formulated under which commas become probable. The probability for a prefield comma is high if the prefield is a prepositional phrase, if it functions as an adverbial modifier, if it is long (five or more words) and if it is semantically textconnective. A prototypical example might be Neben Diskussionen über die aktuelle politische Situation, finden Erhaltungsarbeiten auf dem Gelände der KZ-Gedenkstätte statt (‚Apart from discussions about the current political situation, maintenance works are taking place on the site of the KZ memorial place‘).
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