Limits on P: filling in holes vs. falling in holes

All Germanic languages make extensive use of verb-particle combinations (known as separable-prefix verbs in the OV languages). I show some basic differences here distinguishing the Scandinavian type from the OV West Germanic languages, with English superficially patterning with Scandinavian but actu...

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Main Author: Peter Svenonius
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2004-01-01
Series:Nordlyd: Tromsø University Working Papers on Language & Linguistics
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Online Access:https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlyd/article/view/13