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Object Shift and remnant VP-topicalisation: Danish and Swedish verb particles and ‘let’-causatives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 September 2013

Eva Engels  and
Sten Vikner
Eva Engels
Affiliation:
English Degree Programme, Department of Aesthetics & Communication, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. eva.engels@hum.au.dk
Sten Vikner
Affiliation:
English Degree Programme, Department of Aesthetics & Communication, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. sten.vikner@hum.au.dk
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Abstract

On the basis of an examination of remnant VP-topicalisation constructions, this paper argues for an order preservation analysis of Scandinavian Object Shift. Extending the empirical database, we account for the phenomena in an Optimality Theoretic framework. The paper focusses on two particular constructions in Danish and Swedish, namely particle verb constructions and causative constructions with Danish lade and Swedish låta ‘let’. It is shown how differences in the VP-internal object position give rise to mirror image sequences concerning Object Shift in connection with verb second (V°-to-I°-to-C° movement) and with remnant VP-topicalisation.

Keywords

Danish‘let’-causativesObject Shiftorder preservationOptimality Theoryparticle verbsremnant ScandinavianSwedishVP-topicalisation

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Nordic Journal of Linguistics , Volume 36 , Special Issue 2: Object Shift in the Nordic Languages , October 2013 , pp. 219 - 244
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Copyright © Nordic Association of Linguistics 2013 

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