Wh-less degree questions
As described in Endresen (1985) and Bull (1987) Norwegian dialects in Trøndelag and North Norway have a way of forming degree questions without the use of a wh-expression and without the syntax that normally accompanies wh-questions. Taken at face value the construction takes the form of regular yes...
| Published in: | Nordic Atlas of Language Structures Journal |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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University of Oslo
2017
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10037/27106 https://doi.org/10.5617/nals.5417 |
| Summary: | As described in Endresen (1985) and Bull (1987) Norwegian dialects in Trøndelag and North Norway have a way of forming degree questions without the use of a wh-expression and without the syntax that normally accompanies wh-questions. Taken at face value the construction takes the form of regular yes/no-questions. Consider the pair in (1) showing a Standard Norwegian degree question (1a) compared to the Trøndelag/North Norwegian construction. |
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