A cluster of changes: Norwegian word order

Among the syntactic changes that can be observed in the transition from Old Norwegian to Modern Norwegian are the following word order changes: loss of OV order, object shift from a VP containing a verb (non-finite verb or any verb in a subordinate clause), preverbal preposition, and topicalization...

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Main Author: Jan Terje Faarlund
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Oslo 2021-06-01
Series:Oslo Studies in Language
Online Access:https://journals.uio.no/osla/article/view/8902