Verb Second in Norwegian: Variation and Acquisition
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https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2675648Utgivelsesdato
2020Metadata
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10.1093/oso/9780198844303.003.0033Sammendrag
This chapter provides an overview of the micro-variation in Norwegian when it comes to Verb Second (V2)word order, both in the various dialects and in the two written standards. The variation is dependent on a number of factors, including clause type, type of initial element, and information structure. This overview demonstrates a rich inventory of micro-systems, raising the question of how children come to acquire such fine-grained patterns. The chapter addresses this question by providing findings from acquisition research and discusses what this considerable micro-variation and co-existing grammars tell us about the architecture of the human language faculty