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Peas and pancakes: On apparent disagreement and (null) light verbs in Swedish

Josefsson, Gunlög LU (2009) Grammar in focus, 2009 32(1). p.35-72
Abstract
Having shown how Construction NOM and Construction PROP differ, I demonstrate that the subject of Construction PROP is clausal. I argue that the topmost XP of the subject phrase of both constructions contains a null neuter element. This accounts for the neuter predicative agreement; hence the idea of default agreement or semantic agreement can be dismissed. I also argue that the subject in (ii) contains a nu P, the head of which is a null light verb. Other instances of null light verbs in Swedish are identified too. Finally, I propose an analysis that accounts for the close relation between Construction PROP and the corresponding construction with a med-phrase 'with -phrase'.
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keywords
Arter ar gott-sentences, agreement, default gender, disagreement, light, verb, med-phrase, neuter, Pannekaker er godt-sentences, semantic agreement, passepartouts
host publication
Nordic Journal of Linguistics
volume
32
issue
1
pages
35 - 72
publisher
Cambridge University Press
conference name
Grammar in focus, 2009
conference location
Lund, Sweden
conference dates
2009-02-05 - 2009-02-06
external identifiers
  • wos:000266578100002
  • scopus:73649084097
ISSN
1502-4717
0332-5865
DOI
10.1017/S0332586509002030
language
English
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yes
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  author       = {{Josefsson, Gunlög}},
  booktitle    = {{Nordic Journal of Linguistics}},
  issn         = {{1502-4717}},
  keywords     = {{Arter ar gott-sentences; agreement; default gender; disagreement; light; verb; med-phrase; neuter; Pannekaker er godt-sentences; semantic agreement; passepartouts}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{35--72}},
  publisher    = {{Cambridge University Press}},
  title        = {{Peas and pancakes: On apparent disagreement and (null) light verbs in Swedish}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0332586509002030}},
  doi          = {{10.1017/S0332586509002030}},
  volume       = {{32}},
  year         = {{2009}},
}