Topic and focus in local subject extractions in Danish

  • The present paper proposes an analysis of the asymmetrical distribution of der, 'there', in embedded interrogative and relative clauses, respectively, in standard Danish. The analysis sets itself apart from previous analyses in integrating information structural constraints. We will show that the discourse function of the extracted subject in the clauses in question determines whether der insertion takes place in standard Danish. The analysis will further be shown to support the position that der in interrogative and relative clauses is an expletive subject filler, and that from an information structural point of view, the der in existential, presentational, passives and relative clauses is indeed the same der.

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Author:Anne BjerreORCiD
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-715257
DOI:https://doi.org/10.21248/hpsg.2011.15
ISSN:1535-1793
Parent Title (English):Proceedings of the ... International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG)
Publisher:CSLI Publications
Place of publication:Stanford, CA
Document Type:Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2011/11/16
Year of first Publication:2011
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Contributing Corporation:International Conference on Head Driven Phrase Structure Grammar (18 : 2011 : Seattle, Wash.)
Release Date:2024/09/06
GND Keyword:Dänisch; Extraktion <Linguistik>; Relativsatz
Volume:18.2011
Page Number:19
First Page:270
Last Page:288
Dewey Decimal Classification:4 Sprache / 40 Sprache / 400 Sprache
4 Sprache / 41 Linguistik / 410 Linguistik
Sammlungen:Linguistik
Linguistik-Klassifikation:Linguistik-Klassifikation: Syntax
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International