The position of subject and finite verb in American Danish sentences with a fronted element

Karoline Kühl, Jan Heegård Petersen

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Abstract

The paper investigates the placement of subject and finite verb in topicalized, i.e. non-subject initial declarative main clauses in North American Danish. European Danish adheres to the V2-rule and thus requires inversion, while North American Danish allows for non-inversion, i.e. [X]SV word order. Based on a sample of approx. 1700 tokens of topicalized declarative clauses produced by 64 speakers, we observe a general stability of V2 in North American Danish. In order to explain the instances of non-V2, we employ both linguistic and sociolinguistic factors.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftJournal of Language Contact
Vol/bind12
Udgave nummer1
Sider (fra-til)413-440
Antal sider28
ISSN1877-4091
StatusUdgivet - 2018

Emneord

  • Det Humanistiske Fakultet
  • dansk i USA, migration og sprog, topikalisering, language variation, language change, sprogkontakt
  • Danske Stemmer i USA og Argentina

    Karoline Kühl (Deltager)

    1 jul. 201431 aug. 2018

    Aktivitet: Andre aktivitetstyperAndet (priser, ekstern undervisning samt andet). - Andet

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