Verb-third in embedded clauses in Icelandic

Autor: Ásgrímur Angantýsson
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Studia Linguistica. 61:237-260
ISSN: 1467-9582
0039-3193
Popis: This paper is a survey of the possibilities of having the so-called Scandinavian or verb-third (V3) order in Icelandic embedded clauses, namely the order where the finite verb follows a sentential adverb (like the negation for instance). It is shown that although this order is possible in most types of embedded clauses in Icelandic, it is severely restricted and heavily marked. It commonly requires an extra stress on the adverb and it is frequently more acceptable if the subject is an unstressed pronoun. The naturalness of the order also depends on the type of embedded clause involved, being most natural in relative clauses and indirect questions introduced by a wh-pronoun but least acceptable in that-complements. It is argued that the proper analysis of this order in embedded clauses in Icelandic involves exceptional adjunction of the adverb in question to the TP instead of the usual VP-adjunction of such adverbs. Thus it is maintained that the Adv-V order in these clauses is not due to exceptional lack of V-movement in Icelandic but rather to exceptional AdvP-adjunction. In the Scandinavian languages, on the other hand, the V3 order in embedded clauses is argued to be best analyzed as lack of V-movement (lack of V-to-I), as usually assumed. The paper follows the analysis proposed by Bobaljik & Thrainsson (1998) in relating this difference between Icelandic and (Mainland) Scandinavian to the presence vs. absence of a split inflectional phrase.
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