Word order in wh-questions in a North Norwegian dialect: some evidence from an acquisition study
While standard Norwegian is a V2 language, some Norwegian dialects exhibit V3 in certain types of wh-questions. In some previous work on the Tromsø dialect, V3 has been considered the ‘true’ dialect and speakers' acceptance of V2 simply a result of the influence from the standard language. Base...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/4836 2023-05-15T18:34:19+02:00 Word order in wh-questions in a North Norwegian dialect: some evidence from an acquisition study Westergaard, Marit 2003 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/4836 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0332586503001021 eng eng Cambridge University Press Nordic Journal of Linguistics (2003) nr. 1 (26):81-10 FRIDAID 418533 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0332586503001021 0332-5865 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/4836 URN:NBN:no-uit_munin_4547 openAccess VDP::Humaniora: 000::Språkvitenskapelige fag: 010::Nordiske språk: 018 syntax Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed 2003 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.1017/S0332586503001021 2021-06-25T17:53:28Z While standard Norwegian is a V2 language, some Norwegian dialects exhibit V3 in certain types of wh-questions. In some previous work on the Tromsø dialect, V3 has been considered the ‘true’ dialect and speakers' acceptance of V2 simply a result of the influence from the standard language. Based on child and adult data from a study of the acquisition of word order in the Tromsø dialect, I will argue that both V2 and V3 orders are part of the dialect – used by adult speakers and acquired (more or less) simultaneously by children. It will further be argued that the choice between the two depends on the information structure of the sentence, more specifically, on the interpretation of the subject as given or new information. Article in Journal/Newspaper Tromsø University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Tromsø Nordic Journal of Linguistics 26 1 81 109 |
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While standard Norwegian is a V2 language, some Norwegian dialects exhibit V3 in certain types of wh-questions. In some previous work on the Tromsø dialect, V3 has been considered the ‘true’ dialect and speakers' acceptance of V2 simply a result of the influence from the standard language. Based on child and adult data from a study of the acquisition of word order in the Tromsø dialect, I will argue that both V2 and V3 orders are part of the dialect – used by adult speakers and acquired (more or less) simultaneously by children. It will further be argued that the choice between the two depends on the information structure of the sentence, more specifically, on the interpretation of the subject as given or new information. |
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Word order in wh-questions in a North Norwegian dialect: some evidence from an acquisition study |
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Word order in wh-questions in a North Norwegian dialect: some evidence from an acquisition study |
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Word order in wh-questions in a North Norwegian dialect: some evidence from an acquisition study |
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Word order in wh-questions in a North Norwegian dialect: some evidence from an acquisition study |
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Word order in wh-questions in a North Norwegian dialect: some evidence from an acquisition study |
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