Hvor kommer subjektet fra? – VP-intern oprindelse kan belyse både idiomatiske udtryk og flytninger ud af koordinationer

TY - JOUR

T1 - Hvor kommer subjektet fra? – VP-intern oprindelse kan belyse både idiomatiske udtryk og flytninger ud af koordinationer

AU - Vikner, Sten

PY - 2023/10

Y1 - 2023/10

N2 - Many analyses take the subject of a Danish clause to be base-generat-ed in Diderichsen’s (1946) “small n” (= the specifier of IP, in generative terminology). This paper will pursue an alternative view. I will first argue that Danish raising examples show that it is possible for a subject to come from within an embedded clause and move into the subject position of a higher clause. I will then suggest an extension of this, such that also in ‘simple’ active clauses, the subject is seen as base-generated further inside the clause than the typical subject position. Most subjects should in fact be seen as base-generated in the specifier of VP, i.e. a position to the right of Diderichsen’s (1946) “small a” and to the left of his “big V”. I shall briefly mention some conceptual advantages and then show how this analysis allows accounts for Danish idiomatic expressions that include the subject and also for movement out of coordinate structures in Danish.

AB - Many analyses take the subject of a Danish clause to be base-generat-ed in Diderichsen’s (1946) “small n” (= the specifier of IP, in generative terminology). This paper will pursue an alternative view. I will first argue that Danish raising examples show that it is possible for a subject to come from within an embedded clause and move into the subject position of a higher clause. I will then suggest an extension of this, such that also in ‘simple’ active clauses, the subject is seen as base-generated further inside the clause than the typical subject position. Most subjects should in fact be seen as base-generated in the specifier of VP, i.e. a position to the right of Diderichsen’s (1946) “small a” and to the left of his “big V”. I shall briefly mention some conceptual advantages and then show how this analysis allows accounts for Danish idiomatic expressions that include the subject and also for movement out of coordinate structures in Danish.

KW - raising

KW - VP-intern subjektsposition

KW - idiomatiske udtryk

KW - flytning ud af koordineret konstituent

KW - across-the-board betingelse

UR - https://tildeweb.au.dk/au132769/papers/vikn23b.pdf

U2 - 10.7146/nfg.v1i30.137964

DO - 10.7146/nfg.v1i30.137964

M3 - Tidsskriftartikel

SN - 1902-1291

VL - 30

SP - 233

EP - 250

JO - Ny Forskning i Grammatik

JF - Ny Forskning i Grammatik

ER -