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Negation on the Move: The Pragmatics of Negative Preposing in Icelandic * Elena Callegari Ásgrímur Angantýsson University of Iceland Abstract This paper explores the syntactic and pragmatic constraints on Negative Preposing (NP) in Ice- landic, with a focus on the preposing of negation in finite clauses with an overt subject. While negation in Icelandic typically appears post-verbally, we show tha
From a Sensorimotor to a Sensorimotor++ Account of Embodied Conceptual Cognition Joel Parthemore Centre for Cognitive Semiotics, University of Lund, Sweden joel.parthemore@semiotik.lu.se Abstract. Since the publication of O'Regan and Noë's original article in Behavioral and Brain Sciences in 2001, which rst set out the senso- rimotor account by which sensory experience and motor engagement are ine
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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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Presentational sentences in Icelandic and Swedish: Roles and positions Elisabet Engdahl, Joan Maling, Halldór Ármann Sigurðsson and Annie Zaenen0 Abstract In this article we report on a systematic comparison of presentational sen- tences in Icelandic and Swedish, looking in particular at possible thematic roles of the pivot and how they correlate with positional options. Despite some well-known di
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Revised 170517 - Subordinate V2 and verbal morhoplogy in O_vdalian Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 98 (2017), 83–104 Subordinate V2 and Verbal Morphology in Övdalian Ásgrímur Angantýsson University of Iceland Abstract The purpose of this paper is (i) to locate Övdalian among the Scandinavian languages with regard to verbal morphology and embedded V2, and (ii) to formalize and test hypotheses
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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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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
WPSS framsida 89 WORKING PAPERS IN SCANDINAVIAN SYNTAX 89 Eva Engels Wh-phrases and NEG-phrases in clauses and nominals. 1-36 Fredrik Heinat Adjective and clausal complementation. 37-67 Mayumi Hosono Information structure, syntax and information properties of multiple Wh-questions. 69-99 June 2012 Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax ISSN: 1100-097x Christer Platzack ed. Center of Language and Li
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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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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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Framsida Sthlm WPSS WORKING PAPERS IN SCANDINAVIAN SYNTAX December 2024 Issue 111 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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Old Norse-Icelandic líka(1) Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 110 (2024), 1–13 The Alternating Behavior of the Verb ‘Like’ in Old Norse- Icelandic: Facts or Fiction?* Wannes Elens, Joren Somers & Jóhanna Barðdal Ghent University Abstract In a recent article, Sigurðsson & Viðarsson (2020) put forward the hypothesis that the Modern Icelandic Dat-Nom verb líka ‘like’ may have been an alternating
Framsida wpss WORKING PAPERS IN SCANDINAVIAN SYNTAX 81 Halldór Ármann Sigur!sson & Joan Maling Argument drop and the Empty Left Edge Condition (ELEC) 1–27 Gunlög Josefsson Pancakes and peas – on apparent disagreement and (null) light verbs in Swedish 29–64 Fredrik Heinat Long object shift and agreement 65–77 Johan Brandtler On the structure of Swedish subordinate clauses 79–97 June 2008 Working Pa
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Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 86 (2010) 57-80 Why Object Shift does not exist in Övdalian* Mayumi Hosono, Leiden University m.hosono@umail.leidenuniv.nl Abstract I discuss the absence of Object Shift in Övdalian from the perspective of the Övdalian intonational properties by presenting experimental data of the constructions relevant to Övdalian non-Object Shift. I argue that the reason why
Rosenkvist WPSS 88slutversion Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 88 (2011), 1-20 1 Verb Raising and Referential Null Subjects in Övdalian Henrik Rosenkvist Abstract Within the Scandinavian languages, there is a notable variation regarding verb agreement. Holmberg & Platzack (1995) suggested that this basic feature is linked to both verb raising and the presence of a handful of syntactic phenome
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WPSS framsida 86 WORKING PAPERS IN SCANDINAVIAN SYNTAX 86 Gunlög Josefsson Object shift and optionality. An intricate interplay between syntax, prosody and information structure 1-24 Mayumi Hosono On Icelandic Object Shift 25-56 Mayumi Hosono Why Object Shift does not exist in Övdalian 57-80 Mayumi Hosono On Unshifted Weak Object Pronouns in the Scandinavian Languages 81-99 Eva Engels Local licens
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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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The acceptability of a non-root phenomenon in different types of adverbial clauses in Icelandic Xindan Xu & Ásgrímur Angantýsson University of Iceland Abstract This paper discusses the relatively marked and uncommon subject-initial V3 word order in adverbial clauses in Icelandic and presents results from an online acceptability judgment survey conducted for this study. Following Badan and Haegeman
Madsen & Persson (2012) Contagious yawning in puppies Contagious yawning in domestic dog puppies (Canis lupus familiaris): The effect of ontogeny and emotional closeness on low-level imitation in dogs Elainie Alenkær Madsen* Tomas Persson*,∞ * Centre for Languages and Literature, Department of Semiotics, Lund University, Box 201, 221 00 Lund, Sweden ∞ Department of Cognitive Science, Lund Universi
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
