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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