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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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1 Icelandic let-causatives and case1 Jim Wood2 Abstract The verb láta ‘let/make’ in Icelandic provides a unique opportunity to understand the behavior of symmetric versus asymmetric DAT-NOM constructions. In this paper, I take a close look at láta and examine a set of cases where DAT-NOM verbs are embedded under láta, resulting in the otherwise nominative object becoming accusative in some cases a

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Final_WPSS_Angantýsson_Nowenstein_Thráinsson_151221 Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 106 (2021), 17–46 English-like V3-orders in matrix clauses in Icelandic Ásgrímur Angantýsson, Iris Edda Nowenstein & Höskuldur Þráinsson University of Iceland Abstract In this article we report on English-like verb-third orders in non-heritage Icelandic with a comparison to North-American Icelandic. A central

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Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 105, 2021, 18–44 Icelandic Case Syncretism and the Syntax-Morphology Interface Einar Freyr Sigurðsson and Jim Wood The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies and Yale University Abstract In this paper, we provide an initial overview of an understudied area of Icelandic morphosyntax, namely the effect of case syncretism of the acceptability of a variety

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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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A binary system of complementizers Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 90 (2012) 1-21 A binary system of complementizers in Cimbrian relative clauses Ermenegildo Bidese* – Andrea Padovan # – Alessandra Tomaselli # University of Trento / MIT* – University of Verona # Abstract The system of Cimbrian relative clauses manifests itself in a complex scenario: two different complementizers occur in thi

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Framsida Sthlm copy WPSS WORKING PAPERS IN SCANDINAVIAN SYNTAX June 2018 Issue 100 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 home

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Automatically building a database of gender/noun class/classifiers from digitized grammatical descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Automatically building a database of gender/noun class/classifiers from digitized grammatical descriptions Harald Hammarström Uppsala University One-Soon Her Tunghai University & National Chengchi University Marc

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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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What Makes Any Agent a Moral Agent? D R A FT What Makes Any Agent a Moral Agent? Reflections on Machine Consciousness and Moral Agency Joel Parthemore∗ and Blay Whitby ´ *Centre for Cognitive Semiotics, University of Lund, Sweden ´ School of Informatics, University of Sussex, UK Keywords: moral agency, Moral Turing Test, self, self-reflection, akrasia, concepts, conceptual spaces Abstract In this

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Mayumi Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 93 (2014) 102-136 Scandinavian Verb Particle Constructions and the Intonational Properties∗ Mayumi Hosono, Leiden University Abstract In this paper, I discuss Scandinavian verb particle constructions from the perspective of the intonational properties of the Scandinavian languages. I show with experimental data that the final pitch peak occurs on the ma

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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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Representations reclaimed Pragmatics & Cognition 18:2 (2010), 273–312. doi 10.1075/p&c.18.2.03par issn 0929–0907 / e-issn 1569–9943 © John Benjamins Publishing Company Representations reclaimed Accounting for the co-emergence of concepts and experience Joel Parthemore and Anthony F. Morse University of Sussex / University of Plymouth Understanding the relationship between concepts and experience s

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EythorssonAndSigurdardottir_WPSS_2 Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 96 (2016), 91–125 A Brief History of Icelandic Weather Verbs∗ Syntax, Semantics and Argument Structure Thórhallur Eythórsson and Sigríður Sæunn Sigurðardóttir University of Iceland and Ghent University Weather verbs in Icelandic are not “no-argument” predicates, but occur with a quasi-argument (non-referential pro) and can al

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Wpss 85 WORKING PAPERS IN SCANDINAVIAN SYNTAX 85 Mayumi Hosono Scandinavian Object Shift as the Cause of Downstep 1–36 Jackie Nordström The Swedish så-construction, a new point of departure 37–63 Anton Karl Ingason Productivity of Non-Default Case 65–117 June 2010 Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax ISSN: 1100-097x Christer Platzack ed. Centre for Languages and Literature Box 201 S-221 00 Lund,

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How roots do and don’t constrain the interpretation of Voice 1 Jim Wood Yale University Abstract A long-standing issue in syntactic theory, and argument structure in particular, involves the relationship between particular lexical items and the syntactic struc- tures they are embedded in. Lexical roots seem to be choosy about the structures they are able to appear in, but are at they same time ver

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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

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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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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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WPSS 88 tidigare nummer These working papers have been sponsored by the Norwegian Research Council for Science and the Humanities (NAVF) (no. 1-27) and by the Swedish Research Council for the Humanities and the Social Sciencies (HSFR) (no. 28-42), as well as by Erik Philip-Sörensen's stiftelse (no. 42-43). From no. 80, WPSS is sponsored by Center of Languagte and Literture, Lund University. PUBLIS

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