Re: German participles

Am 27 Jun 2006 09:49:35 -0700 schrieb Ray:

Joachim Pense wrote:
sauntering and whatnot). Let's see what the L1 say.
What about a long sentence starting with something like the below:
"Der Junge, Jagdhund laengst an einer unbekannten Infektion gestorben,
hatte keine Lust, ohne eigenem Hund an etc. etc.... teilzunehmen"

It would certainly not be accepted as normal German. I would accept it
as a deliberate stylistic idiosyncrasy, but then, it should be
corrected to

"Der Junge, Jagdhund längst an unbekannter Infektion gestorben, hatte
keine Lust, ohne eigenen Hund..."

Is it as (un)acceptable as the article-less "Gesichter" sentence?
Or is there a difference in degree?


I can think of these sentences spoken by the same kind of person.
Maybe an actor in a Carl Sternheim play, or a parody of a Prussian
Officer.

Joachim
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