Peas and pancakes: On apparent disagreement and (null) light verbs in Swedish
(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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- author
- Josefsson, Gunlög LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2009
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- 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
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- wos:000266578100002
- scopus:73649084097
- ISSN
- 1502-4717
- 0332-5865
- DOI
- 10.1017/S0332586509002030
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- additional info
- The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Swedish (015011001)
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- e7fda584-cacf-47dd-aa67-9c50b8acbd01 (old id 1443526)
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- 2016-04-01 12:02:35
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