Second plural r-endings in older Danish and Norwegian

TY - JOUR

T1 - Second plural r-endings in older Danish and Norwegian

AU - Vrieland, Seán D.

PY - 2019

Y1 - 2019

N2 - The unique second plural imperative ending -er (-ær) in older Danish has been previously explained by Krogh (1995) as enclisis of the plural pronoun *īʀ and of common origin to the Old Norwegian second plural ending -ir, used in all moods. The present article explains the latter as the result of proportional analogy with the dual pronoun (þ)it > (b=þ)ið whereas the enclisis hypothesis is still the best explanation for the former. Synchronically, the Dan- ish ending functions to differentiate the plural from the singular in the imperative mood.

AB - The unique second plural imperative ending -er (-ær) in older Danish has been previously explained by Krogh (1995) as enclisis of the plural pronoun *īʀ and of common origin to the Old Norwegian second plural ending -ir, used in all moods. The present article explains the latter as the result of proportional analogy with the dual pronoun (þ)it > (b=þ)ið whereas the enclisis hypothesis is still the best explanation for the former. Synchronically, the Dan- ish ending functions to differentiate the plural from the singular in the imperative mood.

KW - Faculty of Humanities

KW - Danish

KW - Old Danish

KW - Norwegian

KW - Dalecarlian

KW - Morphology

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0106-4525

SP - 180

EP - 187

JO - Danske Studier

JF - Danske Studier

ER -