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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.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Journal of Language Contact |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 413-440 |
| Number of pages | 28 |
| ISSN | 1877-4091 |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Keywords
- Faculty of Humanities
- language contact
- Danish language
- migration
- North American Danish
- syntax
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Danish Voices in the America
Karoline Kühl (Participant)
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