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dc.contributor.authorBentzen, Kristine
dc.date.accessioned2007-05-30T08:49:22Z
dc.date.available2007-05-30T08:49:22Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractThe position of the verb(s) in embedded non-V2 contexts varies in Norwegian dialects. In Eastern Norwegian (EastN), all verbs have to follow all adverbs in non-V2 contexts. In Tromsø Northern Norwegian (TrNN) main verbs and non-finite auxiliaries have to follow all adverbs, but finite auxiliaries may precede adverbs they take scope over. In Regional Northern Norwegian (ReNN) all finite verbs (main/auxiliary) may precede all adverbs, and non-finite auxiliaries may precede adverbs they take scope over. These data are accounted for within a remnant movement approach. The variation between the three dialects is argued to follow from differences in how selectional features on auxiliaries and T are checked. It is suggested that auxiliaries are associated with a pair of functional projections (so-called lifters): a VP lifter below and an AdvP lifter above. An auxiliary with these lifters ‘sinks’ below adverbs it takes scope over. Overt feature checking (through adjacency) occurs when the lifters are present; covert feature checking occurs when the lifters are absent. In EastN, overt feature checking, and the lifters, is obligatory for all auxiliaries; in TrNN this is obligatory for non-finite auxiliaries but optional for finite auxiliaries; in ReNN this is optional for all auxiliaries.en
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/979
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_828
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherUniversitetet i Tromsøen
dc.publisherUniversity of Tromsøen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNordlyd 34.1(2007), pp 127-146en
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.subjectVDP::Humaniora: 000::Språkvitenskapelige fag: 010::Nordiske språk: 018en
dc.subjectadverbsen
dc.subjectembedded non-V2 clausesen
dc.subjectfeature checkingen
dc.subjectNorthern Norwegianen
dc.subjectNorwegian dialectsen
dc.subjectremnant movementen
dc.subjectverb movementen
dc.titleThe degree of verb movement in embedded clauses in three varieties of Norwegianen
dc.typeJournal articleen
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