The position of subject and finite verb in American Danish sentences with a fronted element
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The position of subject and finite verb in American Danish sentences with a fronted element. / Kühl, Karoline; Petersen, Jan Heegård.
I: Journal of Language Contact, Bind 12, Nr. 1, 2018, s. 413-440.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - The position of subject and finite verb in American Danish sentences with a fronted element
AU - Kühl, Karoline
AU - Petersen, Jan Heegård
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - The paper investigates the placement of subject and finite verb in topicalized, i.e. non-subject initial declarative main clauses in North American Danish. European Danish adheres to the V2-rule and thus requires inversion, while North American Danish allows for non-inversion, i.e. [X]SV word order. Based on a sample of approx. 1700 tokens of topicalized declarative clauses produced by 64 speakers, we observe a general stability of V2 in North American Danish. In order to explain the instances of non-V2, we employ both linguistic and sociolinguistic factors.
AB - The paper investigates the placement of subject and finite verb in topicalized, i.e. non-subject initial declarative main clauses in North American Danish. European Danish adheres to the V2-rule and thus requires inversion, while North American Danish allows for non-inversion, i.e. [X]SV word order. Based on a sample of approx. 1700 tokens of topicalized declarative clauses produced by 64 speakers, we observe a general stability of V2 in North American Danish. In order to explain the instances of non-V2, we employ both linguistic and sociolinguistic factors.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - dansk i USA, migration og sprog, topikalisering, language variation, language change, sprogkontakt
KW - language contact
KW - Danish language
KW - migration
KW - North American Danish
KW - syntax
M3 - Journal article
VL - 12
SP - 413
EP - 440
JO - Journal of Language Contact
JF - Journal of Language Contact
SN - 1877-4091
IS - 1
ER -
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