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Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2015 12:08:56
From: Sebastian Nordhoff [Sebastian.Nordhoff at langsci-press.org]
Subject: Grammaticalization in the North: Dahl

 


Title: Grammaticalization in the North 
Subtitle: Noun phrase morphosyntax in Scandinavian vernaculars 
Series Title: Studies in Diversity Linguistics  

Publication Year: 2015 
Publisher: Language Science Press
	   http://langsci-press.org
	

Book URL: http://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/73 


Author: Östen Dahl

Electronic: ISBN:  9783944675572 Pages: 279 Price: Europe EURO 0 Comment: Open Access


Abstract:

This book looks at some phenomena within the grammar of the noun phrase in a
group of traditional North Germanic varieties mainly spoken in Sweden and
Finland, usually seen as Swedish dialects, although the differences between
them and Standard Swedish are often larger than between the latter and the
other standard Mainland Scandinavian languages. In addition to being
conservative in many respects – e.g. in preserving nominal cases and
subject-verb agreement – these varieties also display many innovative
features. These include extended uses of definite articles, incorporation of
attributive adjectives, and a variety of possessive constructions. Although
considerable attention has been given to these phenomena in earlier
literature, this book is the first to put them in the perspective of typology
and grammaticalization processes. It also looks for a plausible account of the
historical origin of the changes involved, arguing that many of them spread
from central Sweden, where they were later reverted due to the influence from
prestige varieties coming from southern Scandinavia.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Syntax
                     Typology

Subject Language(s): Dalecarlian (dlc)
                     Elfdalian (qer)
                     Swedish (swe)

Language Family(ies): North Germanic


Written In: English  (eng)

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