Syntactic variation in Insular Scandinavian

Syntactic variation in Insular Scandinavian / edited by Höskuldur Thráinsson, Caroline Heycock, Hjalmar P. Petersen, Zakaris Svabo Hansen.

This book presents the latest research on the syntax of the "Insular Scandinavian" languages (Faroese and Icelandic), with contributions from thirteen experts, and a significant introductory chapter by the four editors. The topics covered include some that have figured extensively in recen...

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Other Authors: Höskuldur Þráinsson, 1946- (Editor), Heycock, Caroline B., 1960- (Editor), Petersen, Hjalmar P. (Editor), Hansen, Zakaris Svabo (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2017]
Series:Studies in Germanic linguistics, volume 1
Subjects:
Scandinavian languages > Syntax.
Scandinavian languages > Variation.
Scandinavian languages > Case.
Linguistic change > Scandinavia.
Construction (Linguistics)
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Scandinavian Languages (Other)
Language and languages
Linguistic change
Scandinavian languages > Syntax
Scandinavian languages > Variation
Scandinavia > Languages.
Scandinavia
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Table of Contents:
  • Syntactic Variation in Insular Scandinavian; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Introduction; 1. Background; 2. The data; 3. Descriptive topics; 4. Theoretical and comparative issues; 5. Concluding remarks; References; On quantity and quality in syntactic variation studies: On quantity and quality in syntactic variation studies; 1. Introduction; 2. Doing large scale studies to avoid the Forrest Gump Effect; 3. Relative judgments and absolute judgments can complement each other; 4. Correlations between judgments
  • and limits of strictly parametric approaches.
  • 5. Is Faroese moving away from Insular Scandinavian?6. Concluding remarks; References; Variation in oblique subject constructions in Insular Scandinavian: Variation in oblique subject constructions in Insular Scandinavian; 1. Introduction; 2. Theoretical background; 3. Variation in subject case in Icelandic; 4. Variation in subject case in Faroese; 5. Two apparent puzzles; 6. The implications of the development of case marking; 7. Conclusion; References; Determining the nature of intra-speaker subject case variation: Determining the nature of intra-speaker subject case variation.
  • 1. Introduction2. Previous studies: Major findings and unsolved problems; 3. Study; 4. Results; 5. Analysis; 6. Conclusion; References; Variation in dative in Faroese; 1. Introduction; 2. Dative in Faroese
  • A short overview; 3. Method; 4. Does the variation depend on the form of the NP?; 5. Does the semantics of the verbs play a role?; 6. The case assignment of borrowed verbs; 7. Conclusion; References; Avoiding Genitive in Icelandic; 1. Introduction; 2. Background; 3. GA with arguments; 4. Dative matching genitive; 5. Conclusion; References.
  • Dimensions of variation: Agreement with nominative objects in Icelandic1. Introduction; 2. Background and overview of the data; 3. Intervention effects; 4. A detailed look at agreement variation; 5. Conclusion; References; Inverse attraction in Icelandic relative clauses; 1. Introduction; 2. Overview and background; 3. Sketching an analysis; 4. Survey design; 5. Results; 6. Interpreting the results; 7. Conclusion and future directions; References; Appendix A. Attested Examples; Appendix B. Survey Items; Appendix C. Instructions.
  • Variation in copular agreement in Insular Scandinavian: Variation in copular agreement in Insular Scandinavian1. Introduction: Agreement with low nominatives in Insular Scandinavian; 2. Specificational sentences; 3. Specificational agreement in Faroese; 4. Specificational agreement in Icelandic: Number; 5. Specificational agreement in Icelandic: Person; 6. Accounting for agreement in specificational sentences; 7. Summary and future work; References.

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