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Umfang: VIII, 232 S.

ISBN: 90-272-2742-X , 1-55619-905-8

Serie: Linguistik aktuell 21

Sprache: Englisch

Fachgebiete: Komparatistik. Außereuropäische Sprachen/Literaturen , Niederlandistik

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Umfang: 1 online resource (viii, 232 pages)

Ausgabe: 1st ed.

ISBN: 1-283-23418-1 , 9786613234186 , 90-272-8230-7

Serie: Linguistik aktuell, v. 21

Inhalt: A volume in a series which aims to provide a platform for studies in the syntax, semantics and pragmantics of the Germanic languages and their historical developments. General subjects investigated include the use of negation, monotonicity properties and the licensing of polarity terms.

Anmerkung: Description based upon print version of record. , CONTENTS; Preface; Introduction; 1 Grading, Gradability and Degrees; 2 The Origin of Adverbs of Degree; 3 Semantic Restrictions on the Use of Adverbs of Degree; To conclude; Case study 1; Case study 2; Case study 3; Notes; Appendix of Dutch Adverbs of Degree; References; Name Index; Subject Index , English

Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 90-272-2742-X

Sprache: Englisch

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Umfang: XII, 205 S.

Serie: Groningen dissertations in linguistics 21

Anmerkung: Groningen, Rijksuniv., Diss., 1997

Sprache: Englisch

Fachgebiete: Komparatistik. Außereuropäische Sprachen/Literaturen

Schlagwort(e): Niederländisch ; Gradadverb ; Englisch ; Gradadverb ; Germanische Sprachen ; Gradadverb ; Deutsch ; Gradadverb ; Hochschulschrift ; Hochschulschrift

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Umfang: 1 online resource (286 pages).

Ausgabe: 1st ed.

Serie: Linguistik Aktuell = Volume 232

Anmerkung: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph , Intro -- Inner-sentential Propositional Proforms -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Sentential proforms -- 1. The outset -- 2. Recent approaches to sentential proforms and relating clauses -- 2.1 Es-proforms -- 2.1.1 Hybrid approaches -- 2.1.2 Uniform approaches -- 2.1.3 Relationship between es-items and relating clauses -- 2.2 Prepositional correlates (ProPPs) -- 2.2.1 Hybrid approaches -- 2.2.2 Uniform approaches -- 2.2.3 Relationship between ProPPs and relating clauses -- 3. Longstanding questions and new contributions -- 3.1 Correlates and pro-forms -- 3.2 Complex DP- and PP-shells and the position of the related clause -- 3.3 Missing sentential proforms -- 3.4 Influence of sentential proforms on the sentence meaning -- 3.5 Difference between es- and das-proforms -- 3.6 Proforms and corresponding complex nouns -- 3.7 Lexical entries for sentential proforms -- 3.8 Crosslinguistic variation -- 4. The chapters -- 4.1 Theoretical and empirical arguments in favor of the hybrid approach -- 4.2 Special topics of proform constructions -- References -- Correlates of object clauses in German and Dutch -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Correlate-es in German -- 3. Correlate-es as an expletive? -- 4. Syntactic properties of correlate-es -- 5. Types of matrix verbs -- 6. Information structure -- 7. Dutch -- 8. Summary and open questions -- References -- Correlative es vs. das in German -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The correlative elements es/das in constructions with argument clauses -- 2.1 Grammatical differences between es and das -- 2.2 Verb-class dependency -- 3. Experimental evidence for the distinction between placeholders and pro-forms -- 3.1 Acceptability ratings of es vs. das (Experiment 1) -- 3.1.1 Material -- 3.1.2 Procedure -- 3.1.3 Participants -- 3.1.4 Results and discussion. , 3.2 Es vs. das in a self-paced reading study (Experiment 2) -- 3.2.1 Material -- 3.2.2 Procedure -- 3.2.3 Participants -- 3.2.4 Results and discussion -- 4. The distinction between placeholder-es- and non-placeholder-es-taking verbs: Combining corpus and experimental evidence -- 4.1 Corpus study -- 4.1.1 Procedure -- 4.1.2 Results and discussion -- 4.2 An acceptability rating experiment on the verb-class-dependent use of placeholder es vs. anaphoric es (Experiment 3) -- 4.2.1 Material and procedure -- 4.2.2 Participants -- 4.2.3 Results and discussion -- 5. Summary -- References -- Appendix -- On properties differentiating constructions with inner-sentential pro-forms for clauses -- 1. Various constructions with an inner-sentential clausal pro-form -- 2. The construction of the bedauern-class -- 3. The construction of the behaupten-class -- 4. The constructions with a prepositional adverb -- 5. The construction of the überraschen-class -- 6. Overview of the observed characteristics of the five constructions -- 7. The possibility of root phenomena in the dependent clause -- 8. Summary -- References -- Some distinctions in the right periphery of the German clause* -- 0. Introduction -- 1. A prosodic distinction between extraposition and right dislocation -- 1.1 Default stress in German -- 1.2 The prosodic effects of focus and of givenness -- 1.3 A prosodic distinction between extraposition and right dislocation/afterthought -- 1.4 An information structure distinction between extraposition and right dislocation/afterthought -- 2. On the prosody of correlate constructions in German -- 2.1 PPs with da- -- 2.2 Right dislocation of clauses -- 2.3 Genuine correlates -- 2.4 Coindexed subject expletives -- 3. Analysis of the distinctions in prosody and information structure between extraposition, right dislocation, and afterthought. , 3.1 A deletion account of right dislocation and afterthought -- 3.2 Root sentences, sentence stress, and focus -- 3.3 Analysis of extraposition, RD, and AT -- 3.4 On the interaction of stress-assignment and deletion in RD and AT -- 4. Summary -- References -- Phonological, morphosyntactic and semantic properties of es -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Basic assumptions -- 3. Lexical entries -- 3.1 Positional es -- 3.2 Quasi-argument es -- 3.3 "Anaphoric" pronouns and pro-forms es, dessen, dem, das, da(r) -- Anchor 91 -- 3.4 The related item of anaphoric pronouns and pro-forms -- 3.5 The correlate es and its suppletive forms -- 4. Right dislocation vs. extraposition -- 5. Matrix-predicate types -- 6. Complex anaphoric and cataphoric DPs -- 7. Concluding remarks -- References -- On the formation of prepositional adverbs in Modern German -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The adverbial basis -- 3. The prepositional bases -- 3.1 'Below a location (static)' -- 3.2 'Below a location (dynamic)' -- 3.3 'Below a degree (static)' -- 3.4 'Below a degree (dynamic)' -- 3.5 'Identifiable by a linguistic or conceptual unit (static)' -- 3.6 'Identifiable by a linguistic or conceptual unit (dynamic)' -- 3.7 'Under a location (static)' -- 3.8 'Under a location (dynamic)' -- 3.9 'Caused by a burdening state of affairs' -- 3.10 'Among a multitude (static)' -- 3.11 'Among a multitude (dynamic)' -- 4. The prepositional adverbs -- 4.1 'Below a location there (static)' -- 4.2 'Caused by a burdening state of affairs there' -- 4.3 'Among a multitude there (static)' -- 5. Results -- References -- List of sources -- Sentential proforms and argument conditionals -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Syntactic remarks on proforms and argument wenn-clauses -- 2.1 Construction types -- 2.2 Adverbial approach or complement approach -- 2.2.1 Pre-sentential argument wenn-clauses. , 2.2.2 Post-sentential argument wenn-clauses -- 2.2.3 Question-answer pairs and argument wenn-clauses -- 2.3 Proforms of pre- and post-sentential wenn-clauses -- 3. Syntactic structure of constructions with argument wenn-clauses -- 3.1 Pre-sentential argument wenn-clauses -- 3.2 Post-sentential argument wenn-clauses -- 3.3 Missing proforms -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- Rethinking clausal asymmetries -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The data: Propositional pronoun insertion in Hungarian -- 3. The syntax of pronoun insertion -- 3.1 The EF-analysis: The role of SpecCP -- 4. On the notion of predicationality -- 4.1 Predication vs. assertion -- 4.2 Predicational vs. non-predicational complements -- 5. The Predicationality Hypothesis -- 5.1 Pronoun insertion and predicationality -- 5.2 Summary -- 6. Information-structural consequences -- 6.1 Propositional (cataphoric) pronoun - Focusing -- 6.2 Propositional (anaphoric) pronoun - Backgrounding -- 6.3 Summary -- 7. Supporting evidence -- 7.1 Wh-expletives - Asymmetry -- 7.2 Extraction data - No asymmetry -- 8. Concluding remarks -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index. , English

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Sprache: Englisch

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Umfang: viii, 232 p.

Ausgabe: Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

Serie: Linguistik aktuell, v. 21

Sprache: Englisch

Schlagwort(e): Electronic books.

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Umfang: 1 online resource (286 pages)

Ausgabe: 1st ed.

ISBN: 90-272-4930-X

Serie: Constructional Approaches to Language Series ; v.37

Inhalt: The volume showcases the vibrant research activity within part of the construction grammar community dealing with Nordic languages, contributing to the knowledge about the structure, use and learning of these languages, as well as to the field of construction grammar as a whole.

Anmerkung: Intro -- Constructional Approaches to Nordic Languages -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1. The Nordic languages -- 1.1 History -- 1.2 Syntax -- 1.3 Morphology -- 1.4 Phonology -- 2. Focus areas in Nordic construction grammar -- 2.1 Interactional construction grammar -- 2.2 Diachronic construction grammar -- 2.3 Constructicography -- 2.4 Diasystematic Construction Grammar -- 3. This volume -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 Life at the intersection -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The source constructions: mannen and den mannen -- 2.1 mannen: a noun phrase with a suffixed definite article -- 2.2 den mannen: noun phrases with a prenominal determiner -- 3. Theoretical background -- 4. The functions of han mannen -- 4.1 Psychological distance or background deixis? -- 4.2 Explaining psychological distance -- 5. Methodology -- 5.1 Data and data selection -- 5.2 Statistical methods -- 5.3 The tested predictor variables -- Int -- N -- Premod -- Poss -- Rc -- Speaker -- 6. Sequential relations: results -- 6.1 Comparing mannen and den mannen -- 6.2 Comparing mannen and han mannen -- 6.3 Comparing den mannen and han mannen -- 6.4 Summary -- 7. The lexemes that occupy the noun slot -- 8. Conclusion -- References -- Appendix -- Chapter 3 One man's [ɕœtː] is another man's [kʰøð̞] -- 1. Introduction1 -- 2. Previous views on Interscandinavian decoding -- 3. Implicit learning of correspondence rules -- 4. Problems in Danish-Swedish intercommunication -- 5. The theoretical approach -- 6. Analysis: Acquisition of Danish-Swedish sound correspondence constructions -- 6.1 Acquisition of a specific sound correspondence pattern -- 6.2 Acquisition of an abstract sound correspondence pattern -- 7. Discussion -- 8. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 The Devil is in the schema -- 1. Introduction. , 2. Swearing in Swedish: Cultural history, forms, and functions -- 3. A constructional approach to hell: The devil is in the schema -- 3.1 Swearwords and swearing constructions -- 3.2 Taboo-avoiding strategies, radical coercion, and extravagance -- 3.3 Phonological schemas and submorphemic coercion -- 4. Corpus evidence for productive phonological schemas -- 4.1 Preliminary considerations -- 4.2 Schema I: [hel-x] -- 4.3 Schema II: [jä-x-a(r)] -- 4.4 Schema III: [fa-x] -- 4.5 Differences in productivity -- 5. Conclusion -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Chapter 5 Meaning integration in pseudocoordination -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 2.1 PC characteristics -- 2.2 PC subschemas and the paradigm of V1s -- 2.3 Most V1s are fully lexical -- 3. PC is VP coordination -- 3.1 The constructional analysis of coordination -- 3.2 Explaining C1 and C2: The coordinands in PC are VPs -- 3.3 One step up: The VP coordination construction -- 4. Meaning integration in PC -- 4.1 Comparison with serial verb constructions -- 4.2 Facilitation is at the core of PC -- 4.3 Explaining C3 concerning coordinators and focus adverbs -- 4.4 Explaining C4: Fixed coordinand order -- 4.5 Explaining C5 concerning negation and other sentence adverbials -- 4.6 Explaining C6: Identical verb inflections -- 4.7 Explaining C7: Backgrounding and filler-gap asymmetry -- 4.8 Desemanticization and grammaticalization rest on backgrounding -- 5. Concluding discussion -- References -- Chapter 6 Construction grammar in domain-specific discourse -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Constructions and domain-specific language -- 3. Methodology -- 3.1 existential constructions -- 3.2 Corpus -- 3.3 Data analysis -- 4. Text-linguistic and lexicological analysis -- 4.1 Swedish -- 4.1.1 Dominating speech act -- 4.1.2 Main topic -- 4.1.3 Information structure. , 4.1.4 Stylistic and formulative prototypical features -- 4.2 Norwegian -- 4.2.1 Dominating speech act -- 4.2.2 Main topic -- 4.2.3 Information structure -- 4.2.4 Stylistic and formulative prototypical features -- 4.3 Dutch -- 4.3.1 Dominating speech act -- 4.3.2 Main topic -- 4.3.3 Information structure -- 4.3.4 Stylistic and formulative prototypical features -- 4.4 Overview -- 5. Constructional analysis -- 5.1 Swedish -- 5.1.1 Frequency -- 5.1.2 Formal features -- 5.1.3 Argument structure -- 5.2 Norwegian -- 5.2.1 Frequency -- 5.2.2 Formal features -- 5.2.3 Argument structure -- 5.3 Dutch -- 5.3.1 Frequency -- 5.3.2 Formal features -- 5.3.3 Argument structure -- 5.4 Comparison -- 6. Summary -- References -- Chapter 7 The entrenchment of semi-schematic time constructions by German foreign language learners of Swedish -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Usage-based and diasystematic construction grammar -- 2.1 Diasystematic construction grammar and emerging multilingualism -- 2.2 Entrenchment -- 3. Lexical and phrasal decision -- 4. Experimental study of entrenchment -- 4.1 Material and items -- 4.2 Participants -- 4.2.1 Control group (L1) -- 4.2.2 Study group (L2) -- 4.3 Design and procedure -- 4.4 Results -- 4.4.1 Control group (L1) results -- 4.4.2 Experiment group (L2) results -- 5. Comparison with corpus data -- 6. Final discussion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Sources -- Appendices -- Background questions -- Additional tables -- Chapter 8 Danish verb prefixes and the schematizing transitive prefix construction -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 2.1 The German be-construction -- 2.2 The English be-construction -- 3. The Danish STP construction -- 3.1 Meaning variants and usage patterns -- 3.1.1 (A) Transitive relation with manner-specification -- 3.1.2 (B) Transitive relation with transfer/means-specification. , 3.1.3 (C) Transitive relation with result-specification -- 3.1.4 Meaning variants, usage patterns and productivity -- 4. Corpus analysis -- 5. Summarizing the semantics of the STP construction -- 6. Innovative usage -- 6.1 Transitive relation with manner-specification -- 6.2 Transitive relation with transfer/means-specification -- 6.3 Transitive relation with result-specification -- 7. Concluding remarks -- References -- Appendix 1. The STP be-construction -- Appendix 2. The STP for-construction -- Appendix 3. Transitive relation with manner-specification -- Appendix 4. Transitive relation with transfer/means-specification -- Appendix 5. Transitive relation with result-specification -- Chapter 9 Minimizers as negative reinforcers in Norwegian -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background: Negative constructions and negative reinforcement -- 2.1 The grammaticalization of minimizers as negative reinforcers -- 2.2 Minimizing expressions in Norwegian -- 3. Data and method -- 3.1 Data selection -- 3.2 Collexeme analysis -- 4. Results and analysis -- 4.1 Minimizers, lexical domains and context sensitivity -- 4.2 Morpho-syntactic properties -- 4.2.1 Definiteness -- 4.2.2 Number -- 4.2.3 Syntactic functions -- 5. Discussion -- 5.1 Minimizers and extravagant speech behavior -- 5.2 Coercion with a low degree of lexical persistence -- 5.3 Propagation and grammaticalization of minimizers -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Corpora -- Index.

Weitere Ausg.: Print version: Coussé, Evie Constructional Approaches to Nordic Languages Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company,c2023 ISBN 9789027214317

Sprache: Englisch

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Umfang: 1 electronic resource (232 pages).

Ausgabe: 1st ed.

Serie: Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today Studies in èOvdalian morphology and syntax

Inhalt: Övdalian is spoken in central Sweden by about 2000 speakers. Traditionally categorized as a dialect of Swedish, it has not received much international attention. However, Övdalian is typologically closer to Faroese or Icelandic than it is to Swedish, and since it has been spoken in relative isolation for about 1000 years, a number of interesting linguistic archaisms have been preserved and innovations have developed. This volume provides seven papers about Övdalian morphology and syntax. The papers, all based on extensive fieldwork, cover topics such as verb movement, subject doubling, wh-words and case in Övdalian. Constituting the first comprehensive linguistic description of Övdalian in English, this volume is of interest for linguists in the fields of Scandinavian and Germanic linguistics, and also historical linguists will be thrilled by some of the presented data. The data and the analyses presented here furthermore challenge our view of the morphosyntax of the Scandinavian languages in some cases - as could be expected when a new language enters the linguistic arena.

Anmerkung: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph , Intro -- Studies in Övdalian Morphology and Syntax -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- 1. This book - background -- 2. The linguistic and geographical setting of Övdalian -- 2.1 The Scandinavian languages -- 2.2 Övdalian -- 3. Naming the language -- 4. The contents of this volume -- 5. Acknowledgements -- References -- Övdalian from 1909 to 2009 -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Methodology -- 1.2 Outline of the paper -- 2. The structure of Övdalian -- 2.1 Övdalian morphology in a comparative Scandinavian perspective -- 2.2 Övdalian syntax in a comparative Scandinavian perspective -- 2.3 Syntactic change in Övdalian -- 3. Morphology and syntax of Övdalian anno 2009 -- 3.1 Morphology -- 3.2 Syntax -- 3.3 The structure of the noun phrase in the Övdalian Speech Corpus -- 3.4 Summing up the syntax -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- The Övdalian Speech Corpus -- On the morpho-syntax of verb/adverb placement and fronting in embedded clauses in Modern Övdalian -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical background -- 2.1 Clause structure and different types of complement clauses -- 2.2 Inflection and verb movement -- 2.3 Predictions of RAH: The research questions -- 3. Results from fieldwork in Älvdalen -- 3.1 About the data collection -- 3.2 Verbal inflection -- 3.3 Verb/adverb placement in subject-initial embedded clauses -- 3.4 Embedded topicalization -- 3.5 Stylistic fronting and transitive expletive constructions -- 3.6 Discussion -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- Optional V-to-I movement in Övdalian -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The proposed correlation between V-to-I movement and rich verbal agreement -- 2.1 Rich agreement as a trigger for verb movement -- 2.2 Split-IP as a trigger for verb movement -- 3. V-to-I movement in Övdalian -- 3.1 Verbal inflection in Traditional Övdalian. , 3.2 V-to-I movement in Traditional Övdalian -- 3.3 Summary -- 4. Optional V-to-I movement despite rich morphology -- 5. Summary -- References -- The syntax and meaning of subject doubling in Övdalian -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Data sources and elicitation -- 3. The syntactic distribution of Övdalian double subjects -- 3.1 Current usage of Övdalian double and triple subjects -- 3.2. Subject in clause-initial position and V2 -- 3.3 Presence of sakta, fel or kanenda -- 4. The meaning of Övdalian subject doubling -- 5. Some previous approaches to subject doubling -- 5.1 Subject doubling in Swedish -- 5.2 Topic doubling in Dutch dialects -- 5.3 Doubling tet in West Flemish -- 6. A syntactic analysis of Övdalian subject doubling -- 7. Some final remarks -- References -- The polyfunctionality of which in Övdalian -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The many functions of Övdalian ukin -- 2.1 The pronominal use ('who') -- 2.2 The adnominal use ('which' and 'what kind of') -- 2.3 The predicative use ('what like') -- 2.4 A note on property vs. manner and degree -- 2.5 Ukin as a polarity particle -- 2.6 Other contexts for ukin -- 2.7 Homonymy or syncretism? -- 3. Comparisons across Germanic wh-inventories -- 3.1 person versus token -- 3.2 Token versus kind -- 3.3 Kind versus property and manner -- 3.4 Summary -- 4. A nanosyntactic account of the syntax of ukin -- 4.1 Functional sequences and the Superset Principle -- 4.2 Competition, preference and optionality -- 4.3 Other functional expansions of ukin -- 4.4 The lexical entry for ukin -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Is there a vocative case in the Övdalian language? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Vocatives in Modern Övdalian -- 2.1 Nominal categories with vocative forms -- 2.2 One vocative formation rule or several rules? -- 3. Early instances of vocative case -- 4. Similar systems: Russian, Greek and universal tendencies. , 5. Concluding discussion -- References -- The morphological expression of case in Övdalian -- 1. Introduction -- 2. From Old Norse to Classical Övdalian -- 2.1 The four cases of Old Norse -- 2.2 Pronouns -- 2.3 Genitive -- 2.4 Nominative-Accusative -- 2.5 Incremental weakening of the nominative-accusative distinction -- 2.6 Definite suffix fusion -- 3. From Classical Övdalian to Traditional Övdalian -- 3.1 Accusative -- 3.2 Dative -- 3.3 Neutralization of definiteness distinctions in the plural -- 3.4 The indefinite singular dative -- 3.5 Comparative paradigms -- 3.6 Adnominal modifiers -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- Index. , English

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Sprache: Englisch

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Umfang: 1 electronic resource (232 pages).

Ausgabe: 1st ed.

Serie: Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today Studies in èOvdalian morphology and syntax

Inhalt: Övdalian is spoken in central Sweden by about 2000 speakers. Traditionally categorized as a dialect of Swedish, it has not received much international attention. However, Övdalian is typologically closer to Faroese or Icelandic than it is to Swedish, and since it has been spoken in relative isolation for about 1000 years, a number of interesting linguistic archaisms have been preserved and innovations have developed. This volume provides seven papers about Övdalian morphology and syntax. The papers, all based on extensive fieldwork, cover topics such as verb movement, subject doubling, wh-words and case in Övdalian. Constituting the first comprehensive linguistic description of Övdalian in English, this volume is of interest for linguists in the fields of Scandinavian and Germanic linguistics, and also historical linguists will be thrilled by some of the presented data. The data and the analyses presented here furthermore challenge our view of the morphosyntax of the Scandinavian languages in some cases - as could be expected when a new language enters the linguistic arena.

Anmerkung: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph , Intro -- Studies in Övdalian Morphology and Syntax -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- 1. This book - background -- 2. The linguistic and geographical setting of Övdalian -- 2.1 The Scandinavian languages -- 2.2 Övdalian -- 3. Naming the language -- 4. The contents of this volume -- 5. Acknowledgements -- References -- Övdalian from 1909 to 2009 -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Methodology -- 1.2 Outline of the paper -- 2. The structure of Övdalian -- 2.1 Övdalian morphology in a comparative Scandinavian perspective -- 2.2 Övdalian syntax in a comparative Scandinavian perspective -- 2.3 Syntactic change in Övdalian -- 3. Morphology and syntax of Övdalian anno 2009 -- 3.1 Morphology -- 3.2 Syntax -- 3.3 The structure of the noun phrase in the Övdalian Speech Corpus -- 3.4 Summing up the syntax -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- The Övdalian Speech Corpus -- On the morpho-syntax of verb/adverb placement and fronting in embedded clauses in Modern Övdalian -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical background -- 2.1 Clause structure and different types of complement clauses -- 2.2 Inflection and verb movement -- 2.3 Predictions of RAH: The research questions -- 3. Results from fieldwork in Älvdalen -- 3.1 About the data collection -- 3.2 Verbal inflection -- 3.3 Verb/adverb placement in subject-initial embedded clauses -- 3.4 Embedded topicalization -- 3.5 Stylistic fronting and transitive expletive constructions -- 3.6 Discussion -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- Optional V-to-I movement in Övdalian -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The proposed correlation between V-to-I movement and rich verbal agreement -- 2.1 Rich agreement as a trigger for verb movement -- 2.2 Split-IP as a trigger for verb movement -- 3. V-to-I movement in Övdalian -- 3.1 Verbal inflection in Traditional Övdalian. , 3.2 V-to-I movement in Traditional Övdalian -- 3.3 Summary -- 4. Optional V-to-I movement despite rich morphology -- 5. Summary -- References -- The syntax and meaning of subject doubling in Övdalian -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Data sources and elicitation -- 3. The syntactic distribution of Övdalian double subjects -- 3.1 Current usage of Övdalian double and triple subjects -- 3.2. Subject in clause-initial position and V2 -- 3.3 Presence of sakta, fel or kanenda -- 4. The meaning of Övdalian subject doubling -- 5. Some previous approaches to subject doubling -- 5.1 Subject doubling in Swedish -- 5.2 Topic doubling in Dutch dialects -- 5.3 Doubling tet in West Flemish -- 6. A syntactic analysis of Övdalian subject doubling -- 7. Some final remarks -- References -- The polyfunctionality of which in Övdalian -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The many functions of Övdalian ukin -- 2.1 The pronominal use ('who') -- 2.2 The adnominal use ('which' and 'what kind of') -- 2.3 The predicative use ('what like') -- 2.4 A note on property vs. manner and degree -- 2.5 Ukin as a polarity particle -- 2.6 Other contexts for ukin -- 2.7 Homonymy or syncretism? -- 3. Comparisons across Germanic wh-inventories -- 3.1 person versus token -- 3.2 Token versus kind -- 3.3 Kind versus property and manner -- 3.4 Summary -- 4. A nanosyntactic account of the syntax of ukin -- 4.1 Functional sequences and the Superset Principle -- 4.2 Competition, preference and optionality -- 4.3 Other functional expansions of ukin -- 4.4 The lexical entry for ukin -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Is there a vocative case in the Övdalian language? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Vocatives in Modern Övdalian -- 2.1 Nominal categories with vocative forms -- 2.2 One vocative formation rule or several rules? -- 3. Early instances of vocative case -- 4. Similar systems: Russian, Greek and universal tendencies. , 5. Concluding discussion -- References -- The morphological expression of case in Övdalian -- 1. Introduction -- 2. From Old Norse to Classical Övdalian -- 2.1 The four cases of Old Norse -- 2.2 Pronouns -- 2.3 Genitive -- 2.4 Nominative-Accusative -- 2.5 Incremental weakening of the nominative-accusative distinction -- 2.6 Definite suffix fusion -- 3. From Classical Övdalian to Traditional Övdalian -- 3.1 Accusative -- 3.2 Dative -- 3.3 Neutralization of definiteness distinctions in the plural -- 3.4 The indefinite singular dative -- 3.5 Comparative paradigms -- 3.6 Adnominal modifiers -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- Index. , English

Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 90-272-5704-3

Sprache: Englisch

UID:

Umfang: 1 electronic resource (232 pages).

Ausgabe: 1st ed.

Serie: Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today Studies in èOvdalian morphology and syntax

Inhalt: Övdalian is spoken in central Sweden by about 2000 speakers. Traditionally categorized as a dialect of Swedish, it has not received much international attention. However, Övdalian is typologically closer to Faroese or Icelandic than it is to Swedish, and since it has been spoken in relative isolation for about 1000 years, a number of interesting linguistic archaisms have been preserved and innovations have developed. This volume provides seven papers about Övdalian morphology and syntax. The papers, all based on extensive fieldwork, cover topics such as verb movement, subject doubling, wh-words and case in Övdalian. Constituting the first comprehensive linguistic description of Övdalian in English, this volume is of interest for linguists in the fields of Scandinavian and Germanic linguistics, and also historical linguists will be thrilled by some of the presented data. The data and the analyses presented here furthermore challenge our view of the morphosyntax of the Scandinavian languages in some cases - as could be expected when a new language enters the linguistic arena.

Anmerkung: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph , Intro -- Studies in Övdalian Morphology and Syntax -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- 1. This book - background -- 2. The linguistic and geographical setting of Övdalian -- 2.1 The Scandinavian languages -- 2.2 Övdalian -- 3. Naming the language -- 4. The contents of this volume -- 5. Acknowledgements -- References -- Övdalian from 1909 to 2009 -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Methodology -- 1.2 Outline of the paper -- 2. The structure of Övdalian -- 2.1 Övdalian morphology in a comparative Scandinavian perspective -- 2.2 Övdalian syntax in a comparative Scandinavian perspective -- 2.3 Syntactic change in Övdalian -- 3. Morphology and syntax of Övdalian anno 2009 -- 3.1 Morphology -- 3.2 Syntax -- 3.3 The structure of the noun phrase in the Övdalian Speech Corpus -- 3.4 Summing up the syntax -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- The Övdalian Speech Corpus -- On the morpho-syntax of verb/adverb placement and fronting in embedded clauses in Modern Övdalian -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical background -- 2.1 Clause structure and different types of complement clauses -- 2.2 Inflection and verb movement -- 2.3 Predictions of RAH: The research questions -- 3. Results from fieldwork in Älvdalen -- 3.1 About the data collection -- 3.2 Verbal inflection -- 3.3 Verb/adverb placement in subject-initial embedded clauses -- 3.4 Embedded topicalization -- 3.5 Stylistic fronting and transitive expletive constructions -- 3.6 Discussion -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- Optional V-to-I movement in Övdalian -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The proposed correlation between V-to-I movement and rich verbal agreement -- 2.1 Rich agreement as a trigger for verb movement -- 2.2 Split-IP as a trigger for verb movement -- 3. V-to-I movement in Övdalian -- 3.1 Verbal inflection in Traditional Övdalian. , 3.2 V-to-I movement in Traditional Övdalian -- 3.3 Summary -- 4. Optional V-to-I movement despite rich morphology -- 5. Summary -- References -- The syntax and meaning of subject doubling in Övdalian -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Data sources and elicitation -- 3. The syntactic distribution of Övdalian double subjects -- 3.1 Current usage of Övdalian double and triple subjects -- 3.2. Subject in clause-initial position and V2 -- 3.3 Presence of sakta, fel or kanenda -- 4. The meaning of Övdalian subject doubling -- 5. Some previous approaches to subject doubling -- 5.1 Subject doubling in Swedish -- 5.2 Topic doubling in Dutch dialects -- 5.3 Doubling tet in West Flemish -- 6. A syntactic analysis of Övdalian subject doubling -- 7. Some final remarks -- References -- The polyfunctionality of which in Övdalian -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The many functions of Övdalian ukin -- 2.1 The pronominal use ('who') -- 2.2 The adnominal use ('which' and 'what kind of') -- 2.3 The predicative use ('what like') -- 2.4 A note on property vs. manner and degree -- 2.5 Ukin as a polarity particle -- 2.6 Other contexts for ukin -- 2.7 Homonymy or syncretism? -- 3. Comparisons across Germanic wh-inventories -- 3.1 person versus token -- 3.2 Token versus kind -- 3.3 Kind versus property and manner -- 3.4 Summary -- 4. A nanosyntactic account of the syntax of ukin -- 4.1 Functional sequences and the Superset Principle -- 4.2 Competition, preference and optionality -- 4.3 Other functional expansions of ukin -- 4.4 The lexical entry for ukin -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Is there a vocative case in the Övdalian language? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Vocatives in Modern Övdalian -- 2.1 Nominal categories with vocative forms -- 2.2 One vocative formation rule or several rules? -- 3. Early instances of vocative case -- 4. Similar systems: Russian, Greek and universal tendencies. , 5. Concluding discussion -- References -- The morphological expression of case in Övdalian -- 1. Introduction -- 2. From Old Norse to Classical Övdalian -- 2.1 The four cases of Old Norse -- 2.2 Pronouns -- 2.3 Genitive -- 2.4 Nominative-Accusative -- 2.5 Incremental weakening of the nominative-accusative distinction -- 2.6 Definite suffix fusion -- 3. From Classical Övdalian to Traditional Övdalian -- 3.1 Accusative -- 3.2 Dative -- 3.3 Neutralization of definiteness distinctions in the plural -- 3.4 The indefinite singular dative -- 3.5 Comparative paradigms -- 3.6 Adnominal modifiers -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- Index. , English

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ISBN: 9781847696045

Serie: Second Language Acquisition

Inhalt: This volume aims to provide a broad view of second language acquisition within a comparative perspective that addresses results concerning adult and child learners across a variety of source and target languages. It brings together contributions at the forefront of language acquisition research that consider a wide range of open questions: What are the precise mechanisms underlying acquisition? How can we characterize learners’ initial state and predict their degree of final achievement? What role do specific (typological) properties of source and target languages play? How does fossilization occur? How does the relative complexity of cognitive systems in adult and child learners affect acquisition? Does language learning influence cognitive organization? Can language learning shed light on our general understanding of human language and language processing?

Anmerkung: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Contributors -- , Introduction: New Comparative Perspectives in the Study of Language Acquisition – Clive Perdue’s Legacy -- , Part 1: Second Language Acquisition: From Initial to Final Stages -- , 1. A Way to Look at Second Language Acquisition / , 2. L2 Input and the L2 Initial State: The Writings of Clive Perdue / , 3. Finiteness and the Acquisition of Negation / , 4. The Different Role of Additive and Negative Particles in the Development of Finiteness in Early Adult L2 German and L2 Dutch / , 5. Lexical Categories in the Target Language and the Lexical Categorisation of Learners: The Word Class of Adverbs / , 6. Is it Necessary for Chinese Mandarin Speakers to Mark Time? Refl ections About the Use of Temporal Adverbs with Respect to Verbal Morphology / , 7. The Development of Reference to Time and Space in French L3: Evidence from Narratives / , 8. Verbal Morphology in Advanced Varieties of English L2: Aspect or Discourse Hypothesis? / , 9. High-Level Profi ciency in Second Language Use: Morphosyntax and Discourse / , 10. Ultimate Attainment and the Critical Period Hypothesis: Some Thorny Issues / , 11. Language Origins, Learner Varieties and Creating Language Anew: How Acquisitional Studies Can Contribute to Language Evolution Research / , 12. Multiple Perspectives on the Emergence and Development of Human Language: B. Comrie, C. Perdue and D. Slobin / , Part 2: L1 and L2 Acquisition: Learner Type Perspective -- , 13. Child Language Study and Adult Language Acquisition: Twenty Years Later / , 14. The Derivation of Mixed DPs: Mixing of Functional Categories in Bilingual Children and in Second Language Learners / , 15. L1 or L2 Acquisition? Finiteness in Child Second Language Learners (cL2), Compared to Adult L2 Learners (aL2) and Young Bilingual Children (2L1) / , 16. Young L2 and L1 Learners: More Alike than Different / , 17. The Older the Better, or More is More: Language Acquisition in Childhood / , 18. Additive Scope Particles and Anaphoric Linkage in Narrative and Descriptive Texts: A Developmental Study in French L1 and L2 / , 19. Discourse Cohesion in Narrative Texts: The Role of Additive Means in Italian L1 and L2 / , 20. The Role of Conceptual Development in the Acquisition of the Spatial Domain by L1 and L2 Learners of French, English and Polish / , 21. The Grammaticalisation of Nominals in French L1 and L2: A Comparative Study of Child and Adult Acquisition / , Part 3: Typological Variation and Language Acquisition -- , 22. Typology Meets Second Language Acquisition / , 23. Linguistic Relativity: Another Turn of the Screw / , 24. Paths in L2 Acquisition: The Expression of Temporality in Spatially Oriented Narration / , 25. A Cross-Linguistic Study of Narratives with Special Attention to the Progressive: A Contrast between English, Spanish and Catalan / , 26. Reference to Entities in Fictional Narratives of Russian/French Quasi-Bilinguals / , 27. The Cohesive Function of Word Order in L1 and L2 Italian: How VS Structures Mark Local and Global Coherence in the Discourse of Native Speakers and of Learners / , 28. Macrostructural Principles and the Development of Narrative Competence in L1 German: The Role of Grammar (8–14-Year-Olds) / , 29. Online Sentence Processing in Children and Adults: General and Specifi c Constraints. A Crosslinguistic Study in Four Languages / , 30. A Personal Tribute / , In English.

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.21832/9781847696045

URL: https://doi.org/10.21832/9781847696045