In this paper, we explore some previously unanalysed interactions between verbal aktionsart and prepositional complementation in Norwegian, namely the alternations between a DP object and PP complements with på ‘on/at’ and til ‘to/at’. We argue that a simple account based on [±telic] or [±quantized] features cannot be correct. Instead, we generalize the notion of path and homomorphism, and integrate ...

The incorporation of new representations into the mental lexicon has raised numerous questions about the organisational principles that govern the process. A number of studies have argued that similarity between the new L3 items and existing representations in the L1 and L2 is the main incorporating force (Hall & Ecke, 2003; Herwig, 2001). Experimental evidence obtained through a primed picture-naming ...

In the field of Germanic linguistics, there has been a long-standing debate as to the question of how to analyze sentences with verb second (V2) word order. In particular, the question has been whether or not subject-initial and non-subject-initial main clause declaratives should receive the same structural analysis. Here we review this debate and provide new evidence from learner languages involving ...

The notion of authenticity seems to have grown more and more important for artistic documents during the last decades. Critics are using the term as a kind of distinction; an authentic novel or film is a good novel or film. Authenticity in these cases does not mean questioning the novel or film as an original work of art; rather, what is meant by authenticity is the relationship between reality and ...

In this paper, I investigate the categorial status of spatial terms in locative/directional expressions in Japanese. I will show that a certain class of spatial terms have a distinct categorial status from both regular postpositions and nouns. On one hand, syntactic diagnostics such as doubling, coordination by to, and co-occurrence with demonstratives indicate that these spatial terms belong to a ...

<p>Det finske ordet <i>äiti</i>, som betyr 'mor', er annerledes fra ord man finner i de fleste andre språk i Europa. I disse språkene brukes ord som tilsvarer det norske <i>mamma</i> eller <i>mor</i>. I tysk har man <i>Mutter</i>, i engelsk <i>mother</i>, i fransk <i>mère, maman</i> og i russisk <i>mama</i>. Hvorfor brukes det ikke et lignende ord også på finsk? <p>Finsk er ikke i slekt med ...

I denne artikkelen undersøkes bygningsrelatert kunst i et utvalg offentlige bygninger i Sápmi fra 1960-tallet til i dag, som et bidrag til å skape samisk identitet og tilhørighet. Artikkelen setter søkelyset først og fremst på de permanente kunstverkene som har vært en del av arkitekturen og satt sitt preg på denne, men trekker også inn mer temporære prosjekter. Med drivkraft i samisk selvrepresentasjon ...