Henrik Rosenkvist

List of John Benjamins publications in which Henrik Rosenkvist is involved.

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Studies in Övdalian Morphology and Syntax: New research on a lesser-known Scandinavian language

Edited by Kristine Bentzen, Henrik Rosenkvist and Janne Bondi Johannessen †

Övdalian is spoken in central Sweden by about 2000 speakers. Traditionally categorized as a dialect of Swedish, it has not received much international attention. However, Övdalian is typologically closer to Faroese or Icelandic than it is to Swedish, and since it has been spoken in relative… read more

[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 221] 2015. v, 232 pp. | open access

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Rosenkvist, Henrik 2021 Clause-final negative particles in varieties of Swedish: Distribution, grammatical properties, and possible etymologies Postverbal negation, Krasnoukhova, Olga, Johan van der Auwera and Mily Crevels (eds.), pp. 598–620 | Article

While the Swedish negator inte may be doubled in a final clause-external position, in both standard Swedish and dialects, many dialects also allow a final, clause-internal particle (e, i or ai) in negated clauses. FNPs occur in a coherent area around the Baltic Sea, and in contrast with doubling… read more

Bentzen, Kristine, Henrik Rosenkvist and Janne Bondi Johannessen † 2015 Introduction Studies in Övdalian Morphology and Syntax: New research on a lesser-known Scandinavian language, Bentzen, Kristine, Henrik Rosenkvist and Janne Bondi Johannessen † (eds.), pp. 1–10 | Article

Rosenkvist, Henrik 2015 The syntax and meaning of subject doubling in Övdalian Studies in Övdalian Morphology and Syntax: New research on a lesser-known Scandinavian language, Bentzen, Kristine, Henrik Rosenkvist and Janne Bondi Johannessen † (eds.), pp. 107–135 | Article

This chapter contains a presentation and an analysis of Övdalian subject doubling. After discussing elicitation techniques and methods, I present the actual data. Next, I turn to the syntactic restrictions of the construction, demonstrating that a V2-context (i.e., a root context), an initial… read more

Rosenkvist, Henrik and Sanna Skärlund 2013 Grammaticalization in the present – The changes of modern Swedish typ Synchrony and Diachrony: A dynamic interface, Giacalone Ramat, Anna, Caterina Mauri and Piera Molinelli (eds.), pp. 313–338 | Article

In modern Swedish, the word typ has several functions and meanings. Until about 1930 however, typ had only a nominal function – the other uses of typ have developed during the 20th century. In this article we track the changes of typ, from a noun to a preposition, and then to an adverb and to a… read more

Rosenkvist, Henrik 2010 A case of degrammaticalization in northern Swedish Continuity and Change in Grammar, Breitbarth, Anne, Christopher Lucas, Sheila Watts and David Willis (eds.), pp. 303–320 | Article

Rosenkvist, Henrik 2005 Modern Swedish bara: From adjective to conditional subordinator Historical Linguistics 2003: Selected papers from the 16th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Copenhagen, 11–15 August 2003, Fortescue, Michael, Eva Skafte Jensen, Jens Erik Mogensen and Lene Schøsler (eds.), pp. 225–239 | Article