There is no OBJECT SHIFT, just a GENERAL SHIFT, and independent constraining principles
(2010) In Tampa Papers in Linguistics 1. p.13-29- Abstract
- There is a propensity in many languages for elements that represent backgrounded and/or given information to show up in the middle field, a tendency that I term SHIFT. In this paper I argue that Object Shift and the raising of certain adverbials to the middle field in Swedish is due to this general propensity. SHIFT applies across the board, but language-specific principles, such as Constituent Order Rules, may block its application. An example of a reordering restriction is that an operation must not result in a constituent order for which the phonological module cannot supply a prosodic pattern, for example an OV pattern in a VO language. Another restriction is that a reordering operation must not result in a violation of the Case... (More)
- There is a propensity in many languages for elements that represent backgrounded and/or given information to show up in the middle field, a tendency that I term SHIFT. In this paper I argue that Object Shift and the raising of certain adverbials to the middle field in Swedish is due to this general propensity. SHIFT applies across the board, but language-specific principles, such as Constituent Order Rules, may block its application. An example of a reordering restriction is that an operation must not result in a constituent order for which the phonological module cannot supply a prosodic pattern, for example an OV pattern in a VO language. Another restriction is that a reordering operation must not result in a violation of the Case filter. Holmberg’s generalization (cf. Holmberg 1999) does not describe a restriction on Object Shift per se, but is a consequence of a more general rule which states that VO-languages (such as the Scandinavian languages) do not allow an OV constituent order in the IP-VP domain. (Less)
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- Josefsson, Gunlög LU
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- directionality parameter, prosody, OV/VO, information structure, long object shift, object shift
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- Tampa Papers in Linguistics
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- 1
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- 13 - 29
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- Department of World Languages, University of South Florida
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- 2155-1022
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- English
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