Zusammenfassung
If we neglect the ever present influences from Standard German (SG) on Bavarian (B) which has led to corrupted versions of the dialect, it is fair to say that B lacks the zu-infinitive.1 SG zu is in B either the cliticized form z’ or zum (also zun.) i.e., zu and a cliticized dative determiner (zu+(de)m).2 I agree with Merkle (1984: 44 f.) and Zehetner (1985: 148) who both note that zu-infinitives are felt as not belonging to the dialect. In this article, I will ignore the additional complications that arise with z’, and concentrate on syntactic properties of zum only.3 B uses various strategies for the expression of the SG infinitival construction with zu, from nominalizations (sometimes combined with prepositions) via the zum-gerund to finite sentences which are introduced with the complementizer daß. The SG sentence in (la), for example, would have to be translated as (lb):
For their comments and/or help with important information, I want to thank Christian Dütschmarm, Marinel Gerritsen, Beatrice Santorini, Bonnie Schwartz and especially Werner Abraham.
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Bayer, J. (1993). Zum in Bavarian and Scrambling. In: Abraham, W., Bayer, J. (eds) Dialektsyntax. Linguistische Berichte Sonderheft, vol 5. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-97032-9_3
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