Person
halldor.sigurdssonnordlund.luse |
2017-08-26
Professor
- Icelandic
- Swedish
- Centre for Languages and Literature
Professor Emeritus
- Danish
- Icelandic
- Swedish
- Centre for Languages and Literature
Contact information
E-mail halldor.sigurdssonnordlund.luse
Phone +46 46 222 78 47
Visiting address
Helgonabacken 12, Lund
Postal address
Box 201, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 20
Senor Professor, Scandinavian Languages
I was born in Iceland, PhD from LU 1989, lecturer in Kiel, Germany 1985-88, Professor in Reykjavik 1994-2002, LU from 2002; Visiting Professor for shorter periods at various institutions, including Rome, Venice, Vienna and Dharmkot in India. My central area of interest has been general syntax theory and Icelandic and Germanic syntax, with special emphasis on the relation between morphology and syntax and the relation between syntax and context. I have also taken much interest in grammatical categories, including Person, Number, Gender, Case, Tense, and Mood.
My personal homepage: http://halldorsigurdsson.wordpress.com/
Google Scholar citations:
http://scholar.google.se/citations?user=wdygwUoAAAAJ&hl=sv&oi=ao
See also the links in the right hand column below
Research
My profile in Lund University research portal
- Pronouns and pronominal features (research leader)
Books (2)
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (1994). Um frásagnarumröðun og grundvallarorðaröð í forníslensku. Málfræðirannsóknir, 7. Institute of Linguistics.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (1989). Verbal Syntax and Case in Icelandic. Institute of Linguistics.
Editorships (2)
- Delsing, L.-O., Josefsson, G., Sigurðsson, H. A. & Falk, C. (2003). (Eds.) Grammatik i fokus : festskrift till Christer Platzack den 18 november 2003 : Grammar in focus : festschrift for Christer Platzack 18 November 2003. Vol. 2.
- Delsing, L.-O., Josefsson, G., Sigurðsson, H. A. & Falk, C. (2003). (Eds.) Grammatik i fokus : festskrift till Christer Platzack den 18 november 2003 = Grammar in focus : festschrift for Christer Platzack 18 November 2003. Vol. 1. Institutionen för nordiska språk, Lunds universitet.
Articles (26)
- Sigurosson, H. Á., Wood, J. & Sigurosson, E. F. (2022). Hvor ‘Each’ Reciprocals and Distributives in Icelandic : E-Raising + Short Main Verb Movement. Linguistic Inquiry, 53, 571-588. MIT Press.
- Sigurðsson, H. & Heltoft, L. (2021). Introduction : case impoverished Germanic. Acta Linguistica Hafniensia, 53, 129-131. Routledge.
- Sigurdsson, H. A. & van de Weijer, J. (2021). Swedish predicative oblique case : default or not?. Acta Linguistica Hafniensia, 53, 191-206. Routledge.
- Sigurosson, H. Á. & Wood, J. (2020). "We Olaf" : Pro[(x-)NP] constructions in Icelandic and beyond. Glossa, 5. Ubiquity Press Ltd..
- Sigurdsson, H. A. (2019). Gender at the edge. Linguistic Inquiry, 723-750. MIT Press.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2014). Context-linked grammar. Language Sciences, 46, 175-188. Elsevier.
- Wood, J. & Sigurðsson, H. A. (2014). Let-causatives and (a)symmetric DAT-NOM constructions. Syntax, 17, 269-298. Wiley-Blackwell.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2012). Case variation: viruses and star wars. Nordic Journal of Linguistics, 35, 313-342. Cambridge University Press.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2012). Minimalist C/case. Linguistic Inquiry, 43, 191-227. MIT Press.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2011). Conditions on argument drop. Linguistic Inquiry, 42, 267-304. MIT Press.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2011). On the New Passive. Syntax, 14, 148-178. Wiley-Blackwell.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2011). On UG and materialization. Linguistic Analysis, 37, 367-388. Linguistic Analysis.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2011). Uniformity and diversity: A minimalist perspective. Linguistic Variation Yearbook, 11, 189-222. John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2010). On EPP effects. Studia Linguistica, 64, 159-189. Wiley-Blackwell.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2009). Language quarks. Iberia (Seville): an international journal of theoretical linguistics, 1, 169-183. Universidad de Sevilla.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. & Egerland, V. (2009). Impersonal null-subjects in Icelandic and elsewhere. Studia Linguistica, 63, 158-185. Wiley-Blackwell.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2008). The case of PRO. Natural Language & Linguistic Theory, 26, 403-450. Springer.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2006). The Icelandic noun phrase: central traits. Arkiv för nordisk filologi, 121, 193-236. ANF.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2006). The Nom/Acc alternation in Germanic. Comparative Studies in Germanic Syntax, 13-50. John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2006). The Nominative Puzzle and the Low Nominative Hypothesis. Linguistic Inquiry, 37, 289-308. MIT Press.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2004). Meaningful silence, meaningless sounds. Linguistic Variation Yearbook, 4, 235-259. John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2004). The syntax of Person, Tense, and speech features. Rivista di Linguistica - Italian Journal of Linguistics, 16, 219-251. Rosenberg & Sellier.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2002). To be an oblique subject: Russian vs. Icelandic. Natural Language & Linguistic Theory, 20, 691-724. Springer.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (1993). Argument-Drop in Old Icelandic. Lingua, 89, 143-176. Elsevier.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (1993). The structure of the Icelandic NP. Studia Linguistica, 47, 177-197. Wiley-Blackwell.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (1991). Icelandic Case-marked PRO and the licensing of lexical arguments. Natural Language & Linguistic Theory, 9, 327-363. Springer.
Book chapters (21)
- Sigurdsson, H. A. (2019). Subject Float, Low Subject Trapping, and Case in Icelandic. In Christensen, K. R., Jørgensen, H. & Wood, J. L. (Eds.) The sign of the V : Papers in honour of Sten Vikner (pp. 591-618). Aarhus University.
- Sigurdsson, H. A. (2019). Topicality in Icelandic : Null arguments and Narrative Inversion. In Molnár, V., Egerland, V. & Winkler, S. (Eds.) Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG], Architecture of Topic (pp. 249-271), 136. Mouton de Gruyter.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2017). Stylistic Fronting in corpora. In Thráinsson, H., Heycock, C., Petersen, H. P. & Hansen, Z. S. (Eds.) Studies in Germanic Linguistics, Syntactic Variation in Insular Scandinavian (pp. 307-338), 1. John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- Sigurdsson, H. A. (2017). Who are we – and who is I? : About Person and SELF. In Bailey, L. R. & Sheehan, M. (Eds.) Open Generative Syntax, Order and structure in syntax II : Subjecthood and Argument Structure (pp. 199-221). Language Science Press.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2016). The split T analysis. In Eide, K. M. (Ed.) Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, Finiteness Matters : On Finiteness-Related Phenomena in Natural Languages (pp. 79-92), 231. John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2012). Thoughts on cartography and universality. In Bianchi, V. & Chesi, C. (Eds.) Enjoy linguistics: papers offered to Luigi Rizzi on the occasion of his 60th birthday.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. & Maling, J. (2012). Silent heads. In Brugè, L., Cardinaletti, A., Giusti, G., Munaro, N. & Poletto, C. (Eds.) Functional Heads (pp. 368-378). Oxford University Press.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2010). Mood in Icelandic. In Rothstein, B. & Thieroff, R. (Eds.) Mood Systems in the Languages of Europe (pp. 33-55). John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. & Maling, J. (2010). The Empty Left Edge Condition. In Putnam, M. T. (Ed.) Exploring Crash-Proof Grammars (pp. 59-86). John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2009). Remarks on features. In Grohman, K. (Ed.) Explorations of phase theory (pp. 21-52), 18. Mouton de Gruyter.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2009). The No Case Generalization. In Alexiadou, A., Hankamer, J., McFadden, T., Nuger, J. & Schäfer, F. (Eds.) Advances in Comparative Germanic Syntax (pp. 249-279). John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. & Holmberg, A. (2008). Icelandic Dative Intervention. In D’Alessandro, R., Fischer, S. & Hrafnbjargarson, G. H. (Eds.) Agreement Restrictions (pp. 251-279). Mouton de Gruyter.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2007). Argument features, clausal structure and the computation. In Reuland, E., Bhattacharya, T. & Spathas, G. (Eds.) Argument Structure (pp. 121-158). John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. & Maling, J. (2007). On null arguments. In Picci, M. C. & Pona, A. (Eds.) Proceedings of the “XXXII Incontro di Grammatica Generativa” (pp. 167-180). Edizioni dell’Orso.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2006). Agree in syntax, agreement in signs. In Boeckx, C. (Ed.) Agreement Systems (pp. 201-237). John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2006). Um bakstur og boðhátt (‘On baking and the imperative’). Lesið í hljóði fyrir Kristján Árnason sextugan (a Festchrift for Kristján Árnason, 77-81.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2004). Agree and Agreement - Evidence from Germanic. In Abraham, W. (Ed.) Focus on Germanic Typology (pp. 61-103). Akademie Verlag.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2004). Icelandic non-nominative subjects. In Bhaskararao, P. & Subbarao, K. V. (Eds.) Non-nominative Subjects, Vol 2 (pp. 137-159). John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2003). Case: abstract vs. morphological. In Brandner, E. & Zinsmeister, H. (Eds.) New Perspectives on Case Theory (pp. 223-268). CSLI Publications.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2003). The Silence Principle. In Delsing, L.-O., Falk, C., Josefsson, G. & Sigurðsson, H. Á. (Eds.) Grammatik i fokus : festskrift till Christer Platzack den 18 november 2003 = Grammar in focus : festschrift for Christer Platzack 18 November 2003. Vol. II (pp. 325-334). Institutionen för nordiska språk, Lunds universitet.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2001). Inflectional features and clausal structure. In Niemi, J. & Heikkinen, J. (Eds.) Nordic and Baltic morphology : papers from a NorFA course, Tartu, June 2000 (pp. 99-111), 36. University of Joensuu.
Reports (6)
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2014). Icelandic Inflections / Isländsk substantivböjning. LingBuzz.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2013). Om ordföljd i germanska språk.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2006). Fraser och frasstruktur.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2003). Icelandic Reference Grammar.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2002). Infinitives in Icelandic: a despription.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2002). The Icelandic verb phrase: a description.
Working papers (13)
- Engdahl, E., Maling, J., Sigurdsson, H. A. & Zaenen, A. (2018). Presentational sentences in Icelandic and Swedish : Roles and positions. Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax, 1-28. Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax.
- Sigurdsson, H. A. (2018). Icelandic declarative V1 : a brief overview. Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax, 101, 49-55. Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2015). Gender : a PF reflection of an edge linker. LingBuzz, http://ling.auf.net/lingbuzz.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2014). About pronouns. Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax, 92, 66-98. Department of Scandinavian Languages, Lund University.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2009). Externalization: the case of C/case.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. & Maling, J. (2008). Argument drop and the Empty Left Edge Condition. Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax, 81.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2006). PF is more ‘syntactic’ than often assumed. Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax, 77, pp. 101–128.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2005). Accusative and the Nom/Acc alternation in Germanic. Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax, 76, pp. 93-133.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2004). Agree in Syntax, Agreement in Signs. Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax, 74, pp. 1-42.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2002). Agree and agreement: evidence from Germanic. Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax, 70, pp. 101–156.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (2000). The locus of case and agreement. Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax, 65. Department of Scandinavian Languages, Lund University.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (1996). Icelandic finite verb agreement. Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax, 57. Department of Scandinavian Languages, Lund University.
- Sigurðsson, H. A. (1992). The case of quirky subjects. Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax, 49. Department of Scandinavian Languages, Lund University.
Other tasks and qualifications
Professor
- Icelandic
- Swedish
- Centre for Languages and Literature
Professor Emeritus
- Danish
- Icelandic
- Swedish
- Centre for Languages and Literature
Contact information
E-mail halldor.sigurdssonnordlund.luse
Phone +46 46 222 78 47
Visiting address
Helgonabacken 12, Lund
Postal address
Box 201, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 20