The position of subject and finite verb in American Danish sentences with a fronted element
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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.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Tidsskrift | Journal of Language Contact |
Vol/bind | 12 |
Udgave nummer | 1 |
Sider (fra-til) | 413-440 |
Antal sider | 28 |
ISSN | 1877-4091 |
Status | Udgivet - 2018 |
- Det Humanistiske Fakultet - dansk i USA, migration og sprog, topikalisering, language variation, language change, sprogkontakt
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