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dc.contributor.authorBentzen, Kristine
dc.contributor.authorAnderssen, Merete
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-30T08:18:05Z
dc.date.available2020-03-30T08:18:05Z
dc.date.issued2019-06-28
dc.description.abstractThe present paper discusses a possible correlation between the placement of pronominal objects with non-nominal antecedents in Norwegian, and the use of the pronouns <i>es</i> ‘it’ and <i>das</i> ‘that’ in German. For Norwegian object shift (OS), it has been shown that while pronominal objects with non-nominal antecedents generally do not shift, this is not the case when these elements take on the discourse function of <i>continuing topics</i>. In this paper, we show that a very similar pattern can be observed in German. However, this is not related to whether object pronouns scramble or not, but rather to which pronominal <i>form</i> is used to refer back to the clausal antecedent. In German, <i>das</i> is generally used to refer back to non-nominal antecedents, however, <i>es</i> is also sometimes an option. In this study, we find parallels between the use of OS and <i>es</i>, on the one hand, and lack of OS and <i>das</i>, on the other, and propose that the former is preferred when the proposition the proform refers back to is part of the common ground in the discourse. This ties in nicely with previous research on Norwegian OS, as in order for a proposition to constitute a continuing topic in the discourse, it has to be established as part of the interlocutors’ common ground.en_US
dc.descriptionThis is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Journal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics. The final authenticated version is available online at: <a href=https://doi.org/10.1007/s10828-019-09105-w>https://doi.org/10.1007/s10828-019-09105-w</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBentzen K, Anderssen MA. The form and position of pronominal objects with non-nominal antecedents in Scandinavian and German. Journal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics. 2019;22(2):169-188en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1684014
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10828-019-09105-w
dc.identifier.issn1383-4924
dc.identifier.issn1572-8552
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/17902
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Verlagen_US
dc.relation.journalJournal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderSpringer Nature B.V. 2019en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humanities: 000::Linguistics: 010en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humaniora: 000::Språkvitenskapelige fag: 010en_US
dc.titleThe form and position of pronominal objects with non-nominal antecedents in Scandinavian and Germanen_US
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dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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