Open AccessThe adverb argument intersection field in a left-branching grammar of Norwegian
Author(s) -
Petter Haugereid
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
proceedings of the international conference on head-driven phrase structure grammar
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1535-1793
DOI - 10.21248/hpsg.2012.10
Subject(s) - adverb , linguistics , norwegian , pronoun , branching (polymer chemistry) , mathematics , verb , adjective , intersection (aeronautics) , argument (complex analysis) , word order , nominative case , sentence , object (grammar) , head driven phrase structure grammar , phenomenon , grammar , computer science , philosophy , noun , geography , materials science , biochemistry , cartography , chemistry , epistemology , composite material
This paper presents an account of the position of sentence adverbialsin Norwegian within a left-branching HPSG-like grammar design. Theassumed left-branching structures open for a treatment of Object Shiftin Norwegian as part of a wider phenomenon referred to as the AdverbArgument Intersection Field. The approach is compared to the standardP&P analysis of Object Shift and it is shown that the two approachesmake similar predictions regarding basic clause structures with fullNP arguments. However, while one in P&P is forced to assume asecondary phonological movement in order to account for the positionof unstressed pronoun objects with regard to sentence adverbials, noextra assumptions need to be made in the proposed account.