Piotr Garbacz

List of John Benjamins publications in which Piotr Garbacz is involved.

Articles

Garbacz, Piotr 2019 Morphology and syntax in the Scandinavian vernaculars of Ovansiljan Linguistic Variation 19:2, pp. 199–231 | Article

The paper deals with the assumed correlation between morphological and syntactic phenomena, especially the one that has its roots in a parametric approach to syntax since (Chomsky 1981). Its main focus is on testing predictions presented in two works (Bobaljik and Thráinsson 1998 and Holmberg… read more

Garbacz, Piotr 2015 Optional V-to-I movement 
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. 87–105 | Article

The paper examines causes of the ongoing loss of V-to-I movement in Övdalian, in the light of the parametric correlation between rich verbal agreement and verb movement to I (since Kosmeijer 1986). I show that the once obligatory V-to-I movement in Classical Övdalian has not only become optional,… read more

Garbacz, Piotr and Janne Bondi Johannessen † 2015 Övdalian from 1909 to 2009 Studies in Övdalian Morphology and Syntax: New research on a lesser-known Scandinavian language, Bentzen, Kristine, Henrik Rosenkvist and Janne Bondi Johannessen † (eds.), pp. 11–46 | Article

We present a number of morphological and syntactic properties that Övdalian is reported to have according to the literature. They are classified into four categories, of which we study in particular those two that make Övdalian stand out amongst the Scandinavian languages: the category of those… read more