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Clausal complementation in Norwegian

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 May 2004

Helge Lødrup
Helge Lødrup
Affiliation:
Department of Linguistics, University of Oslo, Pb. 1102, Blindern, N-0317 Oslo, Norway. E-mail: helge.lodrup@ilf.uio.no
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Abstract

The purpose of this article is to give a description of the syntax of clausal complementation in Norwegian within the framework of Lexical-Functional Grammar (LFG). The data are mostly authentic sentences from text corpora and web pages. The description given is rather different from traditional descriptions. An important point to be made is that Norwegian (finite and non-finite) clausal complements are not homogeneous with respect to their syntactic properties. Even if most clausal complements behave like objects, Norwegian also has clausal complements that do not behave like objects. This phenomenon is well known from other languages, but has never been observed in the literature on Norwegian. The structure and function of non-object clausal complements are discussed, and the traditional idea that they are PP obliques is rejected.

Keywords

complement clausescomplementationcontrolinfinitivesNorwegian
Type
Research Article
Information
Nordic Journal of Linguistics , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , June 2004 , pp. 61 - 95
Copyright
© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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