Verbstellungswandel bei Jugendlichen, Frauen und Männern im 16. Jahrhundert

This quantitative sociolinguistic study examines the complex linguistic and social factors governing variation and change in the position of an auxiliary and a non-finite verb form in dependent clauses in works from 16th-century Nuremberg. It traces developments through adolescence and early adulthood and examines the usage of parents, siblings and others in the family network as well as written models (instructional works, printed books, and business and administrative language).