Rethinking Scandinavian verb movement

Journal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 203-233

  Wiklund, Anna Lena ^a   Hrafnbjargarson, Gunnar Hrafn ^a   Bentzen, Kristine ^a   Hróarsdóttir, Porbjörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Icelandic; Norwegian; Pied piping; Remnant movement; Subject interpretation; V to I movement; Verb movement; Verb second

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148960171     PISSN: 13834924     EISSN: 15728552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10828-007-9014-9     Document Type: Article

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