The Voice-adjunction theory of agentive ‘by’-phrases and the Icelandic impersonal passive* Anton Karl Ingason,1 Iris Edda Nowenstein,1 Einar Freyr Sigurðsson2 1University of Iceland and 2University of Pennsylvania Abstract We investigate ‘by’-phrases in the Icelandic impersonal passive and argue that they are grammatical, contra previous reports in the literature. However, it is only acceptable to

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nominative.objects.2016.final Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 97 (2016), 57–75 Testing agreement with nominative objects Jóhannes Gísli Jónsson University of Iceland Abstract This paper reports on the results of two large-scale surveys of syntactic variation in Icelandic where number agreement with nominative objects was tested among many other syntactic phenomena. The surveys included altog

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LUNDS UNIVERSITET MAGISTERUPPSATS Sandy Åkerblom Genus – tilldelat eller inherent? * Sammandrag. Det huvudsakliga syftet är att pröva antagandet att svenskans genussytem är grundat på semantiska uppdelningar. Teorin utgår framför allt ifrån Greville Corbetts idéer om att alla genussystem har en semantisk kärna och dennes The Animacy Hierarchy och The Agreement Hierarchy står i fokus. Jag har under

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engels_wh&neg Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 89 (2012) 1-36 Wh-phrases and NEG-phrases in clauses and nominals* Eva Engels, eva.engels@hum.au.dk Abstract. Wh-phrases and NEG-phrases are usually assumed to carry features – [+wh] and [+NEG], respectively –, which need to be licensed in Spec-head configuration (wh-Criterion, NEG-Criterion; cf. Rizzi 1996, Haegeman & Zanuttini 1991, Haegeman 19

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Faarlund.Infinitive.rev Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 95 (2015), 1–10 The Norwegian Infinitive Marker Jan Terje Faarlund University of Oslo Abstract Norwegian control infinitives are generally introduced by the infinitive marker å. The syntax of non-finite clauses introduced by å is similar enough to that of finite subordinate clauses for the infinitive marker to be analyzed as a complemen

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kanske-wpss-2012-aut-final.dvi Finiteness in Swedish∗ Fredrik Heinat, Stockholm University Abstract This paper investigates tenseless finite clauses in Swedish. In certain contexts the finite perfect auxiliary,ha ‘have’, is optional. These contexts are finite non-V2 clauses and V2 clauses in which the V2 position is filled by a modal adverb, for examplekanske‘maybe’. The analysis of these tenseles

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Hosono gällande Worddokument Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 88 (2011) 51-80 Verb Movement as Tense Operator Movement∗ Mayumi Hosono Leiden University/Potsdam University m.hosono@umail.leidenuniv.nl Abstract I propose a way of deriving verb movement in the Narrow Syntactic component. First, I propose that [T] in T introduces a variable, TVar, whereas [Fin] in C introduces a tense operator, T

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Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 89 (2012) 69-99 Information Structure, Syntax and Intonational Properties of Multiple Wh-Questions* Mayumi Hosono, Leiden University/University of Potsdam m.hosono@umail.leidenuniv.nl Abstract I discuss the issues on multiple wh-questions from the perspective of information structure. I argue, on the basis of the literature (Kiss 1993), that in the multiple wh

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Questionnaire Tout participant du Corpus CEFLE a rempli un questionnaire concernant la L1, les L2, les connaissances du français, la note en français et en suédois, la motivation pour l’acquisition du français, etc. Observez que tout apprenant est anonyme. Les pseudonymes employés dans le corpus ne correspondent pas aux noms réels des apprenants. Commentaires spécifiques: 1re question La langue ma

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Ingunn reviewed Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 98 (2017), 131–146 Weight effects and Heavy NP Shift in Icelandic and Faroese Ingunn Hreinberg Indriðadóttir University of Iceland Abstract This paper presents the results of two surveys on Heavy NP Shift in Icelandic and Faroese, where speakers evaluated sentences with shifted subjects and direct objects. The NPs were all shifted across a VP-m

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3 Innehåll Förord ................................................................................................... 1 Innehåll ................................................................................................ 3 Briana van Epps: The three-gender system in two varieties of Jämtlandic 1 Introduction .....................................................................................

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Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 86 (2010) 179–198. ELLERHUR and other Yes/No-question operator candidates in Swedish * David Petersson, Lund University Gunlög Josefsson, Lund University Abstract. Our point of departure is a new use of the question tag eller hur (or how) „isn‟t it?‟ in Swedish: (i) Eller hur ska vi åka till Italien i sommar? or how shall we go to Italy in summer „We will go t

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Kinn. WPSS 88. Slutversion Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 88 (2011), 21-50 Overt non-referential subjects and subject-verb agreement in Middle Norwegian1 Kari Kinn, University of Oslo Abstract This paper is a contribution to the long-standing debate on the relationship between subject- verb-agreement and the need for overt non-referential subjects. On the basis of new Middle Norwegian data

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Mayumi Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 94 (2015) 51–66 On Verb Movement in the Labeling Algorithm-Based Derivation∗ Mayumi Hosono, Leiden University m.hosono@umail.leidenuniv.nl Abstract In this paper, I discuss verb movement in the Labeling Algorithm-based derivational system (Chomsky 2013, 2014). I point out that in this system, movement operations that do not produce a new semantic effect

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Förord Det här numret av Nordlund utgörs av tre delrapporter från projektet, Språk och språkbruk bland ungdomar i flerspråkiga storstadsmiljöer (SUF). Projektet leds av professor Inger Lindberg, Institutionen för svenska språket, Göteborg, och är ett nationellt samarbete mellan universiteten i Göteborg, Stockholm och Lund. Projektledningen består i övrigt av Sally Boyd, Institutionen för lingvisti

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Nordlund 11 dec07 t Lena.rtf 78 Gudrun Svensson Funktion och betydelse hos duvet i två gymnasistgrupper i Malmö 1. Inledning 1 Syftet med denna artikel är att diskutera och beskriva funktion och betydelse hos diskurspartikeln duvet2. Som underlag för undersökningarna ligger audioinspel- ningar av två kvinnliga ”kompisgrupper” vid två gymnasieskolor i Malmö, när informanterna gick i årskurs två på

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Software for general similarity network analysis Background The ideas behind the phrase “general similarity networks” are described in Östborn and Gerding (2014). In this note, we discuss why we judged it necessary to write our own software in order to analyse the diffusion of Hellenistic fired bricks using general similarity networks. We also outline the ideas and structure of software that we cr

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Sandy Åkerblom Om betydelsekategorin ’diminutiv’ i svenskan * Sammandrag. Syftet med artikeln är att undersöka diminutiv i svenskan, dels analysera olika språkliga uttryck för fenomenet, dels göra en jämförelse med andra språk som uttrycker denna betydelsekategori med ett suffix. I linje med Møller (1943) utgår jag från dimunitiv som en betydelsekategori, inte en formkategori. Kategorin undersöks

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58 Controlling for Movement: Reply to Wood 2012∗ Dennis Ott Humboldt University of Berlin Abstract In a recent squib, Wood 2012 provides an argument against the Movement Theory of Con- trol, which treats Control as A-movement, similar to Raising. His argument is based on Control configurations in Icelandic object-extraposition constructions for which no move- ment derivation can be plausibly assum

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Swedish exclamatives are subordinate Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 88 (2011), 169-237 Swedish exclamatives are subordinate David Petersson Lund University Abstract In Swedish, there are three basic kinds of exclamatives: wh-, som- and att- exclamatives. Superficially, these clauses display mixed properties with regard to the traditional division into main clauses and subordinate clauses. T

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