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In:Pseudo-Coordination and Multiple Agreement Constructions
Edited by Giuliana Giusti, Vincenzo Nicolò Di Caro and Daniel Ross
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 274] 2022
► pp. 213–230

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Chapter 9
In search of subjective meaning in Swedish pseudocoordination

 | University of Gothenburg
 | University of Gothenburg | University of Borås
Published online: 16 March 2022
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Abstract
This study provides a discussion of the development of subjective meaning associated with the motion-verb pseudocoordination gå och V ‘go/walk and V’ and the posture-verb pseudocoordination sitta och V ‘sit and V’, using historical and present-day linguistic data. It is claimed that an interpretation in terms of item-based analogy and entrenchment of frequent meaning clusters is the most plausible analysis for the development of subjective (and pejorative) meaning associated with gå och V. The study of sitta och V is preliminary, but the results indicate that the subjective meaning of this construction is less entrenched that that of the gå och V construction and that the subjective overtone of subjectivity may be a result of the combination of the social/cultural meaning of the posture and certain intrinsically pejorative verbs, together with certain locatives.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Swedish gå och V and sitta och V
    • 2.1gå och V
    • 2.2Posture-verb pseudocoordination, e.g. sitta och V
  • 3.Subjectivity in pseudocoordination
    • 3.1Study 1: Swedish gå ‘go/walk’ och V
    • 3.2Study 2: Swedish sitta ‘sit’ och V
      • 3.2.1Old and Modern Swedish sitta här/där och V
      • 3.2.2Present-day Swedish
  • 4.Summary and conclusions
  • Notes
  • Abbreviations in examples
  • References
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