dc.contributor.author | Svenonius, Peter | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-12-10T11:47:53Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-12-10T11:47:53Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this paper is to document and describe the case system of the most conservative variety of Övdalian still spoken ('Traditional Övdalian,' TÖ). The system is compared with the four-case system of Old Swedish (OS) and the three-case system of Classical Övdalian (CÖ) described by Levander 2009. I argue that TÖ distinguishes three cases, but in full noun phrases, only manifests a two-case system, where Dative case is opposed to a Direct case comprising nominative and accusative functions. Pronouns generally show a different alignment, distinguishing nominative from objective cases. I focus on the nominal suffixes, which distinguish gender, number, definiteness, and case, as well as declension class. I argue that TÖ nouns have only one suffix, where OS had three, and CÖ was in transition between two suffixes and one. I examine the patterns of syncretism, and suggest that some can be explained in terms of markedness cooccurrence restrictions, but not others. I also briefly discuss adnominal modifiers (determiners and adjectives). | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Studies in Övdalian Morphology and Syntax: New Research on a Lesser-Known Scandinavian Language, 2015, pp. 177–230 | en |
dc.identifier.cristinID | FRIDAID 42996 | |
dc.identifier.isbn | 9789027257048 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10037/6905 | |
dc.identifier.urn | URN:NBN:no-uit_munin_6509 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (forthcoming) | en |
dc.rights.accessRights | openAccess | |
dc.subject | VDP::Humaniora: 000::Språkvitenskapelige fag: 010::Allmenn språkvitenskap og fonetikk: 011 | en |
dc.subject | VDP::Humaniora: 000::Språkvitenskapelige fag: 010::Nordiske språk: 018 | en |
dc.title | The Morphological Expression of Case in Övdalian | en |
dc.type | Chapter | en |
dc.type | Bokkapittel | en |