When covert modality sneaks into your grammar: wh-infinitives in American Norwegian

IF 1.9 2区文学 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Second Language Research Pub Date : 2022-07-15 DOI:10.1177/02676583221103741

Michael T. Putnam, Åshild Søfteland

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Abstract

American Norwegian (AmNo), a moribund heritage variety of Norwegian spoken predominantly in the Upper Midwest of the US, licenses wh-infinitives (i.e. indirect questions), which are structures that are not acceptable in either standard Norwegian Bokmål or Norwegian dialects. Adopting a spanning-account of syntax (Blix, 2021; Julien, 2021; Svenonius, 2016), we propose that wh-elements in AmNo can encode covert modality (similar to what is found in English indirect questions). We discuss these results and their impact on our understanding of the nature of syntactic change and the interaction of spanning in combination with Aʹ-movement in heritage language syntax.

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当隐性情态潜入语法时：美国挪威语中的wh不定式

American Norwegian（AmNo）是主要在美国上中西部地区使用的一种奄奄一息的挪威语变体，它允许使用wh不定式（即间接疑问句），这些结构在标准挪威Bokmål或挪威方言中都是不可接受的。采用语法的跨域描述（Blix，2021；Julien，2021；Svenonius，2016），我们提出AmNo中的wh元素可以编码隐蔽情态（类似于英语间接问题）。我们讨论了这些结果，以及它们对我们理解句法变化的本质以及在传统语言句法中跨越与A运动的相互作用的影响。

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Second Language Research Multiple-

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5.90

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4.20%

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