A comprehensive description of the combination of the finite auxiliary verbs wērden ‘become’/wēsen ‘be’ and a present participle in Middle Low German is still a strong desideratum. This study presents a corpus-based analysis of the aforementioned phenomenon with a special focus on its grammatical structure and its different meanings. In particular, it focuses on a wide range of temporal and aspectual meanings, depending on the auxiliary verb, its tense and mood. Moreover, the relationship between the semantics of the main verb and the meaning of the whole construction is investigated. Finally, the competition with alternative verbal complex constructions expressing the same meaning is also explored. The analysis is carried out on the basis of Middle Low German texts from different times, language areas, and genres.

中文翻译：

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中古低地德语中的 Wērden 和 Wēsen 的现在分词：基于语料库的结构和含义分析

有限助动词组合的全面描述韦尔登'变得'/韦森中古低地德语中的“be”和现在分词仍然是一个强烈的愿望。本研究对上述现象进行了基于语料库的分析，特别关注其语法结构及其不同含义。特别是，它侧重于广泛的时间和体义，具体取决于助动词、时态和语气。此外，还考察了主要动词的语义与整个结构的意义之间的关系。最后，还探讨了与表达相同含义的替代动词复杂结构的竞争。该分析是在不同时代、语言区域和流派的中古低地德语文本的基础上进行的。