Optional Word Order in Wh-Questions in Two Norwegian Dialects: A Diachronic Analysis of Synchronic Variation
Based on a corpus of spontaneous production data, this paper compares the word order of wh-questions in two Norwegian dialects, Kåfjord and Tromsø. While the choice of word order (V2 or non-V2) in Tromsø is dependent on information structure, the Kåfjord speakers produce considerably more non-V2 in...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/4837 2023-05-15T16:57:48+02:00 Optional Word Order in Wh-Questions in Two Norwegian Dialects: A Diachronic Analysis of Synchronic Variation Westergaard, Marit 2005 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/4837 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0332586505001459 eng eng Cambridge University Press Nordic Journal of Linguistics 28(2005) nr. 2 s. 269-296 FRIDAID 437001 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0332586505001459 0332-5865 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/4837 URN:NBN:no-uit_munin_4546 openAccess VDP::Humanities: 000::Linguistics: 010::Nordic languages: 018 VDP::Humaniora: 000::Språkvitenskapelige fag: 010::Nordiske språk: 018 cue-based acquisition and change frequency of input head preference principle information structure Split-CP model Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed 2005 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.1017/S0332586505001459 2021-06-25T17:53:28Z Based on a corpus of spontaneous production data, this paper compares the word order of wh-questions in two Norwegian dialects, Kåfjord and Tromsø. While the choice of word order (V2 or non-V2) in Tromsø is dependent on information structure, the Kåfjord speakers produce considerably more non-V2 in questions with monosyllabic wh-elements. The majority of questions with multisyllabic wh-constituents, on the other hand, occurs with V2. This synchronic variation is given a diachronic analysis within a Split-CP model of clause structure and a cue-based approach to acquisition and change, where an economy principle (head preference) also plays an important role. Furthermore, an information structure drift from V2 to non-V2 is argued to cause the cue for verb movement to fall below a critical level in the input to children, the result being that V2 only survives in lexically marked cases in Kåfjord, i.e. with the verb ‘be’. Article in Journal/Newspaper Kåfjord Tromsø University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive in Kåfjord ENVELOPE(25.720,25.720,70.864,70.864) Tromsø Nordic Journal of Linguistics 28 2 269 296 |
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Based on a corpus of spontaneous production data, this paper compares the word order of wh-questions in two Norwegian dialects, Kåfjord and Tromsø. While the choice of word order (V2 or non-V2) in Tromsø is dependent on information structure, the Kåfjord speakers produce considerably more non-V2 in questions with monosyllabic wh-elements. The majority of questions with multisyllabic wh-constituents, on the other hand, occurs with V2. This synchronic variation is given a diachronic analysis within a Split-CP model of clause structure and a cue-based approach to acquisition and change, where an economy principle (head preference) also plays an important role. Furthermore, an information structure drift from V2 to non-V2 is argued to cause the cue for verb movement to fall below a critical level in the input to children, the result being that V2 only survives in lexically marked cases in Kåfjord, i.e. with the verb ‘be’. |
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Optional Word Order in Wh-Questions in Two Norwegian Dialects: A Diachronic Analysis of Synchronic Variation |
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Optional Word Order in Wh-Questions in Two Norwegian Dialects: A Diachronic Analysis of Synchronic Variation |
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Optional Word Order in Wh-Questions in Two Norwegian Dialects: A Diachronic Analysis of Synchronic Variation |
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Optional Word Order in Wh-Questions in Two Norwegian Dialects: A Diachronic Analysis of Synchronic Variation |
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Optional Word Order in Wh-Questions in Two Norwegian Dialects: A Diachronic Analysis of Synchronic Variation |
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optional word order in wh-questions in two norwegian dialects: a diachronic analysis of synchronic variation |
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