From impersonal to reflexive verbJB Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 100 (2018), 1–19 From impersonal to reflexive verb Cecilia Falk Stockholm University Abstract Old Swedish had impersonally construed verbs with an oblique subject(-like) Experiencer argu- ment. Most of them are personally construed verbs today, with nominative Experiencer. Whereas this change for most formerly impersonal ver

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Constraints on Movement - WPSS Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 100 (2018), 41-63 Constraints on Movement* Mayumi Hosono Keio University Abstract I argue, contra Chomsky (2013, 2015), that internal merge may not be free. It is shown that the Criterial Position (Rizzi 2006, 2010, 2015) is the position in which a raised category completes the valuation of all of its own unvalued features. The H

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Elvis Presley, God and Jane. The Germanic proprial article in a comparative perspective Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 100 (2018), 64–98 Elvis Presley, God and Jane: the Germanic proprial article in a comparative perspective Joachim Kokkelmans Ghent University / Università degli Studi di Verona Abstract In several Germanic languages and dialects (e.g. German, Luxemburgish, Norwegian), defin

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WPSS ON -a & -at Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 100 (2018), 20–40 Revisiting the etymology of the Norse negative enclitic -a/-at1 Eric Lander University of Gothenburg In this paper I present and discuss the etymological hypotheses that have been put forth through the years for Norse -a/-at ‘not’, a negative particle suffixed to finite and imperative verbs, found primarily in Old Icelandic a

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Hosono Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 103 (2019), 1-29 A Generalization on the Complementizer-Trace Effect from the Intonational Perspective* Mayumi Hosono Keio University Abstract This paper presents a generalization on the Complementizer-trace effect from the intonational perspective on the basis of a comparative investigation collecting phonetic data from English and Finnish, in both of

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Sapp Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 102 (2019), 18-44 Relative sá and the dating of Eddic and skaldic poetry Christopher D. Sapp University of Mississippi Abstract This paper investigates the use of sá as a relative pronoun in Eddic poetry, in skaldic poetry, and in Old Icelandic prose. Sapp (2019) proposes that relative sá emerges just before the first Old Icelandic prose appears in the 12

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Framsida Sthlm (kopia) WPSS WORKING PAPERS IN SCANDINAVIAN SYNTAX June 2019 Issue 102 Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax is an electronic publication for current articles relating to the study of Scandinavian syntax. The articles appearing herein are previously unpublished reports of ongoing research activities and may subsequently appear, revised or unrevised, in other publications. The WPSS h

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FINAL_Angantýsson&Jedrzejowski_WPSS_v2_2020-17-12 On causal af-því-að-clauses in Icelandic with a brief comparison to German verb final weil-clauses∗ Ásgrímur Angantýsson & Łukasz Jędrzejowski University of Iceland & University of Cologne Abstract: The main aim of this paper is to examine adverbial causal af-því-að-clauses in modern Icelandic with a brief comparison to verb final causal weil-claus

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FINAL_Angantýsson&Jedrzejowski_WPSS_v2_2020-17-12 On causal af-því-að-clauses in Icelandic with a brief comparison to German verb final weil-clauses∗ Ásgrímur Angantýsson & Łukasz Jędrzejowski University of Iceland & University of Cologne Abstract: The main aim of this paper is to examine adverbial causal af-því-að-clauses in modern Icelandic with a brief comparison to verb final causal weil-claus

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Case assignment and the linear order of coordinated verbs* Jim Wood Yale University Einar Freyr Sigurðsson The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies Oddur Snorrason Queen Mary University of London Abstract In this paper, we draw on corpus data to show that in Icelandic, verbs that assign distinct cases can be coordinated and share a single object: the verb on the right determines the case

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Hosono Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 107 (2022), 167–191 The Complementizer-Trace Effect from a Statistical Perspective* Mayumi Hosono Keio University Abstract This paper sheds a new light on the Complementizer-Trace (C-t) effect based on statistic data from English, Swedish and Finnish. We show that a smooth pitch lowering is disturbed in the presence of an overt complementizer for speake

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Kristinardottir-Jonsson Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 107 (2022), 32–46. Prepositional vs. indirect objects in Icelandic Iðunn Kristínardóttir & Jóhannes Gísli Jónsson University of Iceland Abstract A corpus study of the Prepositional Object Construction (POC) in Icelandic shows that the POC is basically restricted to ditransitive verbs encoding motion or entailing successful transfer (Kri

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Kurki Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 107 (2022), 111–134 We ...with Anna: the Inclusory Plural Pronominal Construction in Finnish and Fenno-Swedish Klaus Kurki University of Turku This article provides a syntactic analysis of the inclusory plural pronominal construction in Fenno- Swedish and Finnish. In this construction, a plural pronoun has a singular reading: vi ...med Anna (literally “w

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Sigurdardottir-Eythorsson Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 107 (2022), 47–82 The Emergence of Oblique Subjects: Oblique-Case Substitution and Shift in Anticausative Strategy in Modern Icelandic Sigríður Sæunn Sigurðardóttir Yale University Thórhallur Eythórsson University of Iceland Abstract Oblique subjects can emerge at any point in a language like Icelandic. We focus here on two such chang

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Somers-Barðdal Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 107 (2022), 83–110 Alternating Dat-Nom/Nom-Dat Verbs in Icelandic: An Exploratory Corpus-Based Analysis* Joren Somers & Jóhanna Barðdal Ghent University Abstract Alternating Dat-Nom/Nom-Dat verbs in Icelandic are notorious for instantiating two diametrically opposed argument structures: the Dat-Nom and the Nom-Dat construction. Since the discove

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Framsida Sthlm WPSS WORKING PAPERS IN SCANDINAVIAN SYNTAX December 2022 Issue 107 Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax is an electronic publication for current articles relating to the study of Scandinavian syntax. The articles appearing herein are previously unpublished reports of ongoing research activities and may subsequently appear, revised or unrevised, in other publications. The WPSS homep

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WPSS.2023.JGJ.final Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 109 (2023), 26–40. Split and double infinitives in Icelandic Jóhannes Gísli Jónsson University of Iceland Abstract A corpus study of að-infinitives in Icelandic reveals important data that have so far gone unnoticed in the theoretical literature. The study shows that Icelandic allows split infinitives, as some adverbs may occupy a position

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La grammatica della narrazione: Swedish så and the narrative domain Verner Egerland Lund University Abstract The Swedish particle så is attested in different usages. In one of these, så introduces assertive clauses forming the foreground, or the skeleton, of a narrative. It is argued that, if the distribution of this particular particle is to be captured in a theory of syntax, such a theory needs

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Somers&Barðdal.WPSS.108.juli Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 108 (2023), 1–25. Comparing the Argument Structure of Alternating Dat- Nom/Nom-Dat Predicates in German and Icelandic* Joren Somers & Jóhanna Barðdal Ghent University Abstract In this paper we compare a set of 15 Icelandic verbs licensing both a nominative and a dative argument, investigated by Somers & Barðdal (2022), with a corre

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WPSS.final2.jonsson.2024 Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 111 (2024), 71–87 Ditransitive passives in Faroese and the role of case Jóhannes Gísli Jónsson University of Iceland Abstract Passives of ditransitive verbs in Faroese have been widely discussed in the literature (see Barnes 1986, Henriksen 2000:69, Eyþórsson 2012, Thráinsson et al. 2012:269–273, Galbraith 2018 and Petersen 2020:223–22

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