Short-distance pronominals

In both Icelandic and Faroese there are instances of pronominals taking local subject antecedents, usually when the pronominal is within a PP. This paper discusses a study on pronominals’ ability to take a local subject antecedent. The data for this study was collected in the Faroe Islands and Icela...

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Published in:Nordlyd
Main Author: Gísli Rúnar Harðarson
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Norwegian
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2011
Subjects:
reflexives
Icelandic
pronominals
binding
Faroese
Language. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammar
P101-410
Faroe Islands
Iceland
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.7557/12.2023
https://doaj.org/article/3a1bc1a65d7842238b257d04d3e787cd
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Summary:In both Icelandic and Faroese there are instances of pronominals taking local subject antecedents, usually when the pronominal is within a PP. This paper discusses a study on pronominals’ ability to take a local subject antecedent. The data for this study was collected in the Faroe Islands and Iceland in October and December 2009. The paper is intended to provide information concerning the possible factors facilitating pronominals’ ability to take a local subject antecedent. The focus of this study is on the effects of transitive verbs, typology of PPs and phonological heaviness of PPs on the acceptability of locally-bound pronominals in Icelandic and Faroese.

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