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Microvariation in object positions: Negative Shift in Scandinavian

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 September 2011

Eva Engels
Eva Engels*
Affiliation:
Aarhus University, Department of Language, Literature and Culture, Jens Chr. Skous Vej 5, DK-8000 Aarhus, Denmark. eva.engels@hum.au.dk
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Abstract

In the Scandinavian languages, sentential negation must be licensed in Spec–head relation in the IP-domain, necessitating leftward movement of negative objects, Negative Shift (NegS). While string-vacuous NegS is possible in all Scandinavian varieties, there is a fair amount of cross-linguistic variation in non-string-vacuous NegS. In particular, the varieties contrast in which constituents can be crossed by NegS and whether or not crossing of a certain constituent requires the presence of an intervening verb. The paper presents the complex variation as to the distribution of negative objects in Scandinavian, using data from different sources, and outlines an analysis within Fox & Pesetsky's (2003, 2005a, b) cyclic linearization model, which accounts for this variation by differences in the availability of the intermediate positions non-string-vacuous movement is forced to proceed through.

Keywords

cyclic linearizationNegative Shiftobject positionsScandinavian languages
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Research Article
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Nordic Journal of Linguistics , Volume 34 , Special Issue 2: The Nordic Languages and Typology , October 2011 , pp. 133 - 155
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Copyright © Nordic Association of Linguistics 2011

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