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

TY - JOUR

T1 - The position of subject and finite verb in American Danish sentences with a fronted element

AU - Kühl, Karoline

AU - Petersen, Jan Heegård

PY - 2018

Y1 - 2018

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - Faculty of Humanities

KW - dansk i USA, migration og sprog, topikalisering, language variation, language change, sprogkontakt

KW - language contact

KW - Danish language

KW - migration

KW - North American Danish

KW - syntax

M3 - Journal article

SN - 1877-4091

VL - 12

SP - 413

EP - 440

JO - Journal of Language Contact

JF - Journal of Language Contact

IS - 1

ER -