Variation in dative in Faroese
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Hjalmar P. Petersen
Abstract
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 phrase, the semantics of the verb, language contact with Danish or an interaction between these three factors? Furthermore it is necessary to see if synonymous Nom/Acc native verbs influence Nom/Dat verbs. To seek answers to these questions I conducted three different grammaticality judgment tests among young people, 17–20 years of age, in the Faroe Islands, and I have compared these data with the results of a search in a text database (teldni.fo/tekstasavn).
Abstract
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 phrase, the semantics of the verb, language contact with Danish or an interaction between these three factors? Furthermore it is necessary to see if synonymous Nom/Acc native verbs influence Nom/Dat verbs. To seek answers to these questions I conducted three different grammaticality judgment tests among young people, 17–20 years of age, in the Faroe Islands, and I have compared these data with the results of a search in a text database (teldni.fo/tekstasavn).
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
- On quantity and quality in syntactic variation studies 19
- Variation in oblique subject constructions in Insular Scandinavian 53
- Determining the nature of intra-speaker subject case variation 91
- Variation in dative in Faroese 113
- Avoiding Genitive in Icelandic 141
- Dimensions of Variation 165
- Inverse attraction in Icelandic relative clauses 199
- Variation in copular agreement in Insular Scandinavian 233
- Stylistic fronting and related constructions in the Insular Scandinavian Languages 277
- Stylistic fronting in corpora 307
- Index 339
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
- On quantity and quality in syntactic variation studies 19
- Variation in oblique subject constructions in Insular Scandinavian 53
- Determining the nature of intra-speaker subject case variation 91
- Variation in dative in Faroese 113
- Avoiding Genitive in Icelandic 141
- Dimensions of Variation 165
- Inverse attraction in Icelandic relative clauses 199
- Variation in copular agreement in Insular Scandinavian 233
- Stylistic fronting and related constructions in the Insular Scandinavian Languages 277
- Stylistic fronting in corpora 307
- Index 339
