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Swedish så and the narrative domain

Egerland, Verner LU (2023) In Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax 108. p.1-20
Abstract
The Swedish particle så is attested in different usages. In one of these, så introduces
assertive clauses forming the foreground, or the skeleton, of a narrative. It is argued that, if
the distribution of this particular particle is to be captured in a theory of syntax, such a
theory needs to incorporate notions relating to narrative discourse or, in other words, a
theory in which grammatical statements can be made about a unit larger than what is
traditionally understood as a clause. A locality domain is defined on the assumption that
the clauses of a narrative sequence share features of Force, Topic, and Finiteness.
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  author       = {{Egerland, Verner}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Working Paper}},
  pages        = {{1--20}},
  publisher    = {{Centre of Languages and Literature, Lund University}},
  series       = {{Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax}},
  title        = {{Swedish så and the narrative domain}},
  url          = {{https://projekt.ht.lu.se/fileadmin/user_upload/sol/ovrigt/projekt_grimm/working_papers/2023-jun/Egerland.pdf}},
  volume       = {{108}},
  year         = {{2023}},
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