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dc.contributor.authorWestergaard, Marit
dc.contributor.authorLohndal, Terje
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-04T07:11:18Z
dc.date.available2023-05-04T07:11:18Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractIn this paper, we investigate verb second (V2) word order in Norwegian heritage language spoken in the United States, i.e., in a situation where the heritage speakers have English as their dominant language. We show that not only the syntax of V2 may be affected in a heritage language situation, but that the number of contexts for this word order may also be severely reduced (i.e., non-subject-initial declaratives). V2 languages typically have a high proportion of non-subject-initial declaratives in spontaneous speech, while English declaratives are mainly subject-initial. The reduction of non-subject-initial declaratives (the context for V2) is thus argued to be the result of cross-linguistic influence from English. We also show that this correlates with non-target-consistent word order, in that the fewer contexts for V2 that speakers produce, the more non-target-consistent non-V2 word order appear in their data. We also discuss to what extent there is a causal relationship between the two phenomena.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationWestergaard M, Lohndal T: Verb Second Word Order in Norwegian Heritage Language: Syntax and Pragmatics. In: Lighfoot, Havenhill. Variable Properties in Language: Their Nature and Acquisition, 2019. Georgetown University Press p. 91-102en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1691342
dc.identifier.doi10.2307/j.ctvfxv99p.12
dc.identifier.isbn9781626166646
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/29110
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherGeorgetown University Pressen_US
dc.relation.projectIDNorges forskningsråd: 250857en_US
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dc.rights.holderCopyright © 2019 Georgetown University Pressen_US
dc.titleVerb Second Word Order in Norwegian Heritage Language: Syntax and Pragmaticsen_US
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