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Scandinavian Object Shift and Optimality Theory (Hardcover)
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Scandinavian Object Shift and Optimality Theory (Hardcover)
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This study presents an account of object shift, a word order
phenomenon found in most of the Scandinavian languages where an
object occurs unexpectedly to the left and not to the right of a
sentential adverbial. The book examines object shift across many of
the Scandinavian languages and dialects, and analyses the
variation, for example whether object shift is optional or
obligatory, whether it applies only to pronouns or other objects as
well, and whether it applies to adverbials. The authors show that
optimality theory, traditionally used in phonology, is a useful
framework for accounting for the variation as well as the
interaction of object shift with other syntactic constructions such
as verb second, other verb movements, double object constructions,
particle verbs and causative verbs. The book moves on to
investigate the interaction with remnant VP-topicalisation in great
detail. With new and original observations, this book is an
important addition to the fields of phonology, optimality theory
and theoretical syntax.
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