We present the results of research on two areas of Icelandic historical syntax: dative subjects and V1 word order. These strands of syntax had previously been examined independently, but were found to be intimately connected as part of a broader collaboration between theoretical and computational linguistics involving the Icelandic Parsed Historical Corpus (IcePaHC). The interaction we found between V1 declaratives and dative subjects provides evidence for: a) changes over time with respect to the association of dative arguments with the subject role (contra Barðdal and Eythórsson 2009); b) the gradual development of left peripheral structure and the rise of positional licensing (in line with Kiparsky 1995, 1997). We provide an analysis of positional licensing in LFG terms and account for the newly observed complex interaction between datives, subjects and word order presented in this paper.
%0 Conference Paper
%1 booth2017dative
%A Booth, H.
%A Schätzle, C.
%A Börjars, K.
%A Butt, M.
%B Proceedings of the LFG’17 Conference
%D 2017
%K 2017 D02 sfbtrr161
%P 104-124
%T Dative Subjects and the Rise of Positional Licensing in Icelandic
%U http://web.stanford.edu/group/cslipublications/cslipublications/LFG/LFG-2017/lfg2017-bsbb.pdf
%X We present the results of research on two areas of Icelandic historical syntax: dative subjects and V1 word order. These strands of syntax had previously been examined independently, but were found to be intimately connected as part of a broader collaboration between theoretical and computational linguistics involving the Icelandic Parsed Historical Corpus (IcePaHC). The interaction we found between V1 declaratives and dative subjects provides evidence for: a) changes over time with respect to the association of dative arguments with the subject role (contra Barðdal and Eythórsson 2009); b) the gradual development of left peripheral structure and the rise of positional licensing (in line with Kiparsky 1995, 1997). We provide an analysis of positional licensing in LFG terms and account for the newly observed complex interaction between datives, subjects and word order presented in this paper.
@inproceedings{booth2017dative,
abstract = {We present the results of research on two areas of Icelandic historical syntax: dative subjects and V1 word order. These strands of syntax had previously been examined independently, but were found to be intimately connected as part of a broader collaboration between theoretical and computational linguistics involving the Icelandic Parsed Historical Corpus (IcePaHC). The interaction we found between V1 declaratives and dative subjects provides evidence for: a) changes over time with respect to the association of dative arguments with the subject role (contra Barðdal and Eythórsson 2009); b) the gradual development of left peripheral structure and the rise of positional licensing (in line with Kiparsky 1995, 1997). We provide an analysis of positional licensing in LFG terms and account for the newly observed complex interaction between datives, subjects and word order presented in this paper.},
added-at = {2020-03-06T14:18:00.000+0100},
author = {Booth, H. and Schätzle, C. and Börjars, K. and Butt, M.},
biburl = {https://puma.ub.uni-stuttgart.de/bibtex/29340eef12f8d0b65498750dc8da3944e/leonkokkoliadis},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the LFG’17 Conference},
eventtitle = {LFG17 Conference},
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keywords = {2017 D02 sfbtrr161},
pages = {104-124},
timestamp = {2020-03-06T13:18:00.000+0100},
title = {Dative Subjects and the Rise of Positional Licensing in Icelandic},
url = {http://web.stanford.edu/group/cslipublications/cslipublications/LFG/LFG-2017/lfg2017-bsbb.pdf},
year = 2017
}
