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Sound Patterns of Syntax: Object Shift
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Nomi Erteschik-Shir
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July 27, 2005
Abstract
In this paper, I explore what a purely phonological account of object shift (OS) involves and what research questions it leads to, in particular what it means for word order to be phonologically motivated and what morpho-phonological primitives are involved. I pursue the possibility that what licenses OS of full DPs in Icelandic is phonological properties, not found in other Scandinavian languages, together with overt case marking. Although the position of the object is determined phonologically, the architecture I propose, in which topic and focus play a central role, allows for an account of the semantic effect associated with OS in Icelandic.
Published Online: 2005-07-27
Published in Print: 2005-05-20
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