Children acquiring languages such as English, German or Dutch typically go through a phase where they produce non-finite root clauses, often referred to as the Optional Infinitive (OI) stage. But there is a difference between English on the one hand and the other Germanic languages on the other with respect to the occurrence of non-finite wh-questions: while there is a high number of OIs in English ...

As described in Endresen (1985) and Bull (1987) Norwegian dialects in Trøndelag and North Norway have a way of forming degree questions without the use of a wh-expression and without the syntax that normally accompanies wh-questions. Taken at face value the construction takes the form of regular yes/no-questions. Consider the pair in (1) showing a Standard Norwegian degree question (1a) compared to ...

Herein, we contextualize, problematize and offer some insights for moving beyond the problem of monolingual comparative normativity in (psycho)linguistic research on bilingualism. We argue that, in the vast majority of cases, juxtaposing (functional) monolinguals to bilinguals fails to offer what the comparison is supposedly intended to do: meet the standards of empirical control in line with ...

Norwegische Deutschlehrer unterrichten seit 13 Jahren nach dem geltenden Lehrplan K06. Ein neuer Lehrplan wird 2020 eingeführt. Welchen Fort- und Weiterbildungsbedarf sehen Fachlehrer nach langjährigen Erfahrungen mit dem Lehrplan K06? Dieser Frage geht die vorliegende Pilotstudie nach. Sie liefert ein erstes Datenmaterial, das eine wichtige Grundlage für eine zukünftige umfassende Bedarfsanalyse ...

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 ...

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There is considerable variation across North Germanic when it comes to the composition of noun phrases that contain a wh-word, i.e. interrogative noun phrases such as English which N, what N and what kind of N or exclamative noun phrases such as English what a N.

På Universitetsplassen i Tromsø er gressganger og steiner lagt i en spiralform som leder inn til et basseng. I bunnen av bassenget er en metallplate hvor stjernene på nordhimmelen er stanset ut i miniatyr. Bassenget tilføres lys og varme under bakken, og om vinteren, når det er mørkt døgnet rundt, tegnes himmelrommet opp i vannoverflaten og lyser opp dampen. Om sommeren, når sola står høyt og ...