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Embedded V2 in Norwegian and Swedish

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Summary, in English

Embedded declarative V2 clauses can appear in a number of different contexts in Norwegian and Swedish. What all these clauses have in common is that they have illocutionary force—they are asserted. I argue that a syntactic Force head is responsible for the illocutionary force as well as for the V2 order. Thus, the syntax and the semantics of embedded V2 clauses are closely tied together. The analysis can be extended to root clauses with V2, so that all cases of V2 in Norwegian and Swedish get a unified explanation. Although it needs to be investigated further, it is possible that the analysis holds for V2 clauses in other Germanic languages as well.

Department/s

Publishing year

2007

Language

English

Publication/Series

Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax

Volume

80

Document type

Working paper

Publisher

Department of Scandinavian Languages, Lund University

Topic

  • Languages and Literature

Keywords

  • illocutionary force
  • embedded clauses
  • V2

Status

Published

Research group

  • GRIMM

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1100-097X