This book explores the syntactic structures of Mainland Scandinavian,
a term that covers the Northern Germanic languages spoken in Denmark,
Norway, Sweden, and parts of Finland. The continuum of mutually
intelligible standard languages, regional varieties, and dialects
stretching from southern Jutland to eastern Finland share many
syntactic patterns and features, but also present interesting
syntactic differences. In this volume, Jan Terje Faarlund discusses
the main syntactic features of the national languages, alongside the
most widespread or typologically interesting features of the
non-standard varieties. Each topic is illustrated with examples drawn
from reference grammars, research literature, corpora of various
sorts, and the author's own research. The framework is current
generative grammar, but the volume is descriptive in nature, with
technical formalities and theoretical discussion kept to a minimum. It
will hence be a valuable reference for students and researchers
working on any Scandinavian language, as well as for syntacticians and
typologists interested in Scandinavian facts and data without
necessarily being able to read Scandinavian.
Les mer
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780192550088
Publisert
2020
Utgiver
Vendor
OUP Oxford
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Forfatter