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Enda

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2008

Eiríkur Rögnvaldsson
Affiliation:
Linguistic Institute, University of Iceland, Arnagardur, IS-101 Reykjavik, Iceland.
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Abstract

This paper presents a detailed analysis of the behavior of the Icelandic conjunction enda. It turns out to be possible to explain all the puzzling facts about this conjunction by reinterpreting the traditional division between coordination and subordination by breaking it up into two binary features, [±CO] and [±SUB]. Furthermore, it is argued that this approach gives support for the analysis of Icelandic sentence structure proposed in Rögnvaldsson (1984) and elaborated in Thráinsson (1984, 1986).

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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