Introducing new trends in Nordic linguistic research

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Introducing new trends in Nordic linguistic research 1
4. Section 1: Language contact
5. Competing tendencies in Germanic pronominal and deictic systems: The most general principle will prevail 11
6. “Pitch accent” and prosodic structure in Scottish Gaelic: Reassessing the role of contact 28
7. Implications of language contact: Evaluating the appropriateness of borrowings in written Icelandic 55
8. At the frontier: Sámi linguistics gets a boost from outside 68
9. Section 2: Phonology
10. Two phonological rarities in Ingrian dialects 91
11. Analysing phonological variation in Faroese 118
12. Section 3: Morphosyntax
13. Mari converb constructions – Interpretation and translation 141
14. Han and hon – Anaphoric pronouns in Early Scandinavia 162
15. From accusative to dative (via nominative): The case of fjölga ‘increase’ and fækka ‘decrease’ in Icelandic 181
16. Section 4: Syntax
17. A generative interpretation of Diderichsen’s positional grammar 205
18. Evidence for a syntactic Parameter at work in Övdalian 224
19. Embedded word order in Heritage Scandinavian 239
20. Section 5: Grammaticalization
21. Through the spyglass of synchrony: Grammaticalization of the exterior space in the Eastern Circum-Baltic 267
22. Conjunctive markers of polar questions in Estonian 283
23. Index 307