In:Norwegian Verb Particles
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[Studies in Germanic Linguistics 4] 2020
► pp. v–viii
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Published online: 11 August 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/sigl.4.toc
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Table of contents
AcknowledgementsIX
Chapter 1.Introduction1
1.1Verb-particle data2
1.1.1The alternation problem and a possible solution2
1.1.2More Norwegian data to be considered5
1.1.3Norwegian in a Scandinavian perspective9
1.1.4The Norwegian language situation – and the rendition of Norwegian examples11
1.2Basic theoretical assumptions13
1.2.1X-bar theory14
1.2.2Neo-constructivism14
1.3Parameters and syntactic micro-variation16
1.3.1(Micro-)Parameters as first-, second-, or third-factor principles?17
1.3.2Phrase structural vs. operational variation19
1.3.3Dialects as a comparative object of study21
1.4Dialectological sources and tools22
1.4.1Corpus data23
1.4.2Norsk Ordbok ‘The Norwegian Dictionary’27
1.4.3Norwegian dialectological sources28
1.4.4Introspective examples28
1.4.5Acceptability judgement of the Norwegian particle distribution31
1.5The structure of the book33
Chapter 2.Norwegian verb-particle data35
2.1Simplex constructions36
2.1.1Previous accounts36
2.1.2The Nordic Dialect Corpus42
2.1.3Fieldwork in Trøndelag (and Nordmøre)50
2.2V + LPrt spelled out with word accent52
2.3Complex constructions53
2.3.1Verb-particles followed by a resultative PP53
2.3.2Complex phrasal particles57
2.4Ground promotion58
2.5Unaccusatives59
2.6Conclusion60
Chapter 3.The alternation problem and the status of the particle – previous approaches63
3.1The alternation problem64
3.1.1The Prt-DP base order65
3.1.2The DP-Prt order78
3.1.3Evaluation and the data problem86
3.2The status of the particle88
3.2.1The V-Prt relation in Zeller (2001)88
3.2.2The particle as an identifier of result state in a decomposed VP99
3.3Conclusion106
Chapter 4.The structure of Norwegian verb-particle constructions109
4.1The basic assumptions110
4.1.1Some basic assumptions from the Larsen (2014) model110
4.1.2Particle topicalisation113
4.1.3Rett ‘right’ modification114
4.1.4V2 and stranded particle115
4.1.5Preliminary hypotheses115
4.2Simplex constructions117
4.2.1Structural semantics, lexical semantics, and world knowledge117
4.2.2The structure as the primary carrier of meaning118
4.2.3The basic semantics of prepositions and the lexical modification of the structure123
4.2.4World knowledge: Possible S-semantic modification of structural semantics132
4.3Complex constructions135
4.3.1Constructions with a full resultative PP135
4.3.2Constructions with complex phrasal particles140
4.4Ground promotion143
4.4.1Earlier accounts and new data143
4.4.2The analysis149
4.4.3The case of ut ‘out’, inn ‘in(to)’, opp ‘up’ and ned ‘down’152
4.4.4Conclusion155
4.5Unaccusatives156
4.5.1Personal vs. impersonal unaccusatives156
4.5.2Meteorological constructions159
4.6Conclusion163
Chapter 5.Summary and conclusions167
References173
