Covert nominative and dative subjects in Faroese

This paper presents the results of a recent survey of dative subjects in Faroese, using a judgment task and data elicited from interviews with native speakers. The results indicate that dative subjects are in the process of being replaced by nominative subjects. Moreover, dative subjects behave like...

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Main Author: Jóhannes Gísli Jónsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2009-01-01
Series:Nordlyd: Tromsø University Working Papers on Language & Linguistics
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Online Access:https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlyd/article/view/230