Hjalmar P. Petersen

List of John Benjamins publications in which Hjalmar P. Petersen is involved.

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Syntactic Variation in Insular Scandinavian

Edited by Höskuldur Thráinsson, Caroline Heycock, Hjalmar P. Petersen and Zakaris Svabo Hansen

This book presents the latest research on the syntax of the “Insular Scandinavian” languages (Faroese and Icelandic), with contributions from thirteen experts, and a significant introductory chapter by the four editors. The topics covered include some that have figured extensively in recent… read more

[Studies in Germanic Linguistics, 1] 2017. v, 343 pp.

Ussery, Cherlon and Hjalmar P. Petersen 2023 Ditransitives in Faroese: The distribution of IO/DO and PP Ditransitives in Germanic Languages: Synchronic and diachronic aspects, Zehentner, Eva, Melanie Röthlisberger and Timothy Colleman (eds.), pp. 299–324 | Chapter

This paper examines the acceptability of the double object and prepositional frames for ditransitives in Faroese. We build on previous literature which has discussed various factors which may influence speakers’ use of one frame over the other. We report the findings of a judgment study in which… read more

Petersen, Hjalmar P. and Renata Szczepaniak 2018 The development of non-paradigmatic linking elements in Faroese and the decline of the genitive case Germanic Genitives, Ackermann, Tanja, Horst J. Simon and Christian Zimmer (eds.), pp. 115–145 | Chapter

This paper focuses on the development of linking elements in Faroese. It aims to capture the whole dissociation process of the Faroese linking elements, which comprises the ongoing decline of the genitive case as well as the distributional, functional and formal changes within the linking system.… read more

Petersen, Hjalmar P. 2017 Variation in dative in Faroese Syntactic Variation in Insular Scandinavian, Thráinsson, Höskuldur, Caroline Heycock, Hjalmar P. Petersen and Zakaris Svabo Hansen (eds.), pp. 113–140 | Chapter

The aim of this article is to investigate variation in object case marking in Faroese and the ongoing change from dative objects to accusative objects in Modern Faroese. In this investigation I try to determine what influences this change: Is it influenced by the morphological form of the noun… read more

Thráinsson, Höskuldur, Caroline Heycock, Hjalmar P. Petersen and Zakaris Svabo Hansen 2017 Introduction Syntactic Variation in Insular Scandinavian, Thráinsson, Höskuldur, Caroline Heycock, Hjalmar P. Petersen and Zakaris Svabo Hansen (eds.), pp. 1–18 | Chapter

Heycock, Caroline and Hjalmar P. Petersen 2012 Pseudo-coordinations in Faroese Multilingual Individuals and Multilingual Societies, Braunmüller, Kurt and Christoph Gabriel (eds.), pp. 259–280 | Article

In this article we describe the system of pseudo-coordinations in Faroese − coordinations in the verbal system in which the second conjunct appears in fact to be subordinated to the first − in the light of previous discussions of this phenomenon in Scandinavian. We discuss pseudo-coordinations −… read more

Kühl, Karoline and Hjalmar P. Petersen 2009 Converging verbal phrases in related languages: A case study from Faro-Danish and Danish-German language contact situations Convergence and Divergence in Language Contact Situations, Braunmüller, Kurt and Juliane House (eds.), pp. 101–124 | Article

The paper deals with Danish-Faroese and Danish-German language contact, in particular Faro-Danish and Danish-German verb phrases that are constructed under heavy influence of Faroese and German, respectively. The theoretical framework is the Abstract Level Model (2002) as well as further… read more