dc.contributor |
Háskóli Íslands |
dc.contributor |
University of Iceland |
dc.contributor.author |
Angantýsson, Ásgrímur |
dc.date.accessioned |
2018-09-04T14:40:31Z |
dc.date.available |
2018-09-04T14:40:31Z |
dc.date.issued |
2017-12 |
dc.identifier.citation |
Ásgrímur Angantýsson. (2017). The distibution of embedded V2 and V3 in modern Icelandic. Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax, (99), 54–82. |
dc.identifier.issn |
1100-097x |
dc.identifier.uri |
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/825 |
dc.description.abstract |
This paper aims at giving a comprehensive and current overview of the key empirical facts
regarding embedded V2 and V3 in Icelandic, including age-related variation, and to compare this
to what has been shown for other Scandinavian varieties. It is shown that Icelandic is a robust
symmetric V2-language, meaning that it exhibits V2 as the default worder order both in matrix and
subordinate clauses. In general, preposing is easier in matrix clauses than in subordinate clauses,
with the exception of Stylistic Fronting (SF) which is more easily applicable in embedded
contexts. As discussed in the paper, recent research has shown that the simple typological picture
of the late 1990s is in reality much more articulated, in particular with respect to age-related
variation. The fact that younger speakers of Icelandic do not accept embedded topicalization and
SF as much as older speakers could be interpreted as an ‘ongoing change’ in Icelandic. However,
it must be taken into account that these constructions are more common in the written language
and in a formal style of speech. If the results regarding V3 in Icelandic are taken to indicate an
‘ongoing change’, then there are two changes that must be recognized: In relative clauses the
conditions for V3 are reminiscent of the conditions for Topicalization and SF (less accepted by
younger people), while in complement-clauses V3 is more accepted by younger people than older
(innovation). |
dc.format.extent |
55–82 |
dc.language.iso |
en |
dc.publisher |
GRIMM: The Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology, Lund University |
dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax;99 |
dc.rights |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
dc.subject |
Málvísindi |
dc.subject |
Málfræði |
dc.title |
The distribution of embedded V2 and V3 in modern Icelandic |
dc.type |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
dc.description.version |
Peer Reviewed |
dc.identifier.journal |
Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax |
dc.relation.url |
http://projekt.ht.lu.se/fileadmin/user_upload/sol/ovrigt/projekt_grimm/working_papers/Angantysson.pdf |
dc.contributor.school |
Menntavísindasvið (HÍ) |
dc.contributor.school |
School of Education (UI) |