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dc.contributor.authorVelnic, Marta
dc.contributor.authorAnderssen, Merete
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-16T11:19:33Z
dc.date.available2021-09-16T11:19:33Z
dc.date.issued2021-06-17
dc.description.abstractThis study investigates how givenness and pronominality affect the dative alternation in Norwegian. Previous studies have found givenness to influence the Double Object Dative (DOD) but not the Prepositional Dative (PD). Thirty-one Norwegian native speakers completed a speeded acceptability judgment task, in which given objects were expressed by definite DPs or pronouns, and either preceded or followed the new referent. DODs were found to be highly sensitive to givenness. Surprisingly, PDs also showed contextual dependency. Referring expressions affected the two structures differently: reaction times were faster with pronouns in DODs and slower in PDs. This suggests that the alternates have different processing biases, with the former preferring pronouns and the latter DPs. The results are further considered in relation to the notion of harmonic alignment, as PDs, in which the typically animate recipient is always the second object, and will thus consistently represent a suboptimal and non-harmonious order when givenness is adhered to.en_US
dc.identifier.citationVelnic M, Anderssen MA. The effect of givenness and referring expression on dative alternation in Norwegian: A reaction time study. Nordic Journal of Linguistics. 2021en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1920328
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S0332586521000081
dc.identifier.issn0332-5865
dc.identifier.issn1502-4717
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/22561
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherCambrigde University Pressen_US
dc.relation.journalNordic Journal of Linguistics
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2021 The Author(s)en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humanities: 000::Linguistics: 010en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humaniora: 000::Språkvitenskapelige fag: 010en_US
dc.titleThe effect of givenness and referring expression on dative alternation in Norwegian: A reaction time studyen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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