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Abstract
Through mixed models analyses of complement clauses in a corpus of spoken Danish we examine the role of sentence adverbials in relation to a word order distinction in Scandinavian signalled by the relative position of sentence adverbials and finite verb (V>Adv vs. Adv>V). The type of sentence adverbial was the third-most important factor in explaining the word order variation: Sentence adverbials categorized as ‘dialogic’ are significantly associated with V>Adv word order. We argue that the results are readily interpretable in the light of the semantico-pragmatic hypothesis that V>Adv signals foregrounded information, and exploit the random intercepts assigned to the individual adverbials for further exploring the functions of sentence adverbials that behave unexpectedly based on the predictions of the model.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Language variation - European Perspectives : Selected papers from the Seventh International Conference on Language Variation in Europe (ICLaVE 7), Trondheim, June 2013 |
Editors | Eivin Thorgersen, Stian Hårstad, Brit Mæhlum, Unn Røyneland |
Number of pages | 18 |
Volume | V |
Place of Publication | Amsterdam/Philadelphia |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company |
Publication date | 2015 |
Pages | 69–86 |
ISBN (Print) | 9789027234971 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9789027268815 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Event | 7th International Conference on Language Variation in Europe - Høgskolen i Sør-Trøndelag - HiST, Trondheim, Norway Duration: 26 Jun 2013 → 28 Jun 2013 Conference number: 7 |
Conference
Conference | 7th International Conference on Language Variation in Europe |
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Number | 7 |
Location | Høgskolen i Sør-Trøndelag - HiST |
Country/Territory | Norway |
City | Trondheim |
Period | 26/06/2013 → 28/06/2013 |
Series | Studies in Language Variation |
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ISSN | 1872-9592 |
Keywords
- Faculty of Humanities
- word order
- sentence adverbials
- foregrounding
- random intercepts
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7th International Conference on Language Variation in Europe
Torben Juel Jensen (Speaker)
27 Jun 2013Activity: Participating in an event - types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course