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On the structure and development of nominal phrases in Norwegian

  • Terje Lohndal
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Nominal Determination
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Abstract

The suffixed definite article in Modern Norwegian developed from a clitic in Old Norse. Such a change creates interesting theoretical questions as to how we can account for this difference in phrase structural terms, and how such a change manifests itself. This paper discusses exactly this question and argues that this change can be viewed as grammaticalization “down the tree” from a high D head to a low n head. Furthermore, it argues that functional categories, like the definiteness category, are non-universal. That is, they are not part of Universal Grammar, but only arise when the child discovers them in the input. The paper also addresses some movement puzzles emerging in Old Norse and Modern Icelandic which have remained a theoretical puzzle. I will propose an analysis of this where I argue that we need to separate Modern Icelandic and Old Norse and thus give two separate analyses.

Abstract

The suffixed definite article in Modern Norwegian developed from a clitic in Old Norse. Such a change creates interesting theoretical questions as to how we can account for this difference in phrase structural terms, and how such a change manifests itself. This paper discusses exactly this question and argues that this change can be viewed as grammaticalization “down the tree” from a high D head to a low n head. Furthermore, it argues that functional categories, like the definiteness category, are non-universal. That is, they are not part of Universal Grammar, but only arise when the child discovers them in the input. The paper also addresses some movement puzzles emerging in Old Norse and Modern Icelandic which have remained a theoretical puzzle. I will propose an analysis of this where I argue that we need to separate Modern Icelandic and Old Norse and thus give two separate analyses.

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface vii
  4. Introduction 1
  5. Part 1. Synchrony – and its implications for diachrony
  6. Discourse binding: DP and pronouns in German, Dutch, and English 21
  7. Gender, number, and indefinite articles: About the 'typological inconsistency' of Italian 49
  8. Covert patterns of definiteness/indefiniteness and aspectuality in Old Icelandic, Gothic, and Old High German 73
  9. The definite article in Indo-European: Emergence of a new grammatical category? 103
  10. 'No' changes: On the history of German indefinite determiners in the scope of negation 141
  11. Part 2. Synchrony – ontological and typological characteristics
  12. The functional range of bare singular count nouns in English 171
  13. The definite article in non-specific object noun phrases: Comparing French and Italian 189
  14. Early functions of definite determiners and DPs in German first language acquisition 215
  15. Part 3. Diachrony – universally unified characteristics?
  16. The discourse-functional crystallization of DP from the original demonstrative 241
  17. Determinerless noun phrases in Old Romance passives 257
  18. On the structure and development of nominal phrases in Norwegian 287
  19. The emergence of DP from a perspective of ontogeny and phylogeny: Correlation between DP, TP and aspect in Old English and first language acquisition 311
  20. Demonstratives and possessives: From Old English to present-day English 339
  21. Index 363
https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.89.16loh

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface vii
  4. Introduction 1
  5. Part 1. Synchrony – and its implications for diachrony
  6. Discourse binding: DP and pronouns in German, Dutch, and English 21
  7. Gender, number, and indefinite articles: About the 'typological inconsistency' of Italian 49
  8. Covert patterns of definiteness/indefiniteness and aspectuality in Old Icelandic, Gothic, and Old High German 73
  9. The definite article in Indo-European: Emergence of a new grammatical category? 103
  10. 'No' changes: On the history of German indefinite determiners in the scope of negation 141
  11. Part 2. Synchrony – ontological and typological characteristics
  12. The functional range of bare singular count nouns in English 171
  13. The definite article in non-specific object noun phrases: Comparing French and Italian 189
  14. Early functions of definite determiners and DPs in German first language acquisition 215
  15. Part 3. Diachrony – universally unified characteristics?
  16. The discourse-functional crystallization of DP from the original demonstrative 241
  17. Determinerless noun phrases in Old Romance passives 257
  18. On the structure and development of nominal phrases in Norwegian 287
  19. The emergence of DP from a perspective of ontogeny and phylogeny: Correlation between DP, TP and aspect in Old English and first language acquisition 311
  20. Demonstratives and possessives: From Old English to present-day English 339
  21. Index 363
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