Scandinavian object shift and optimality theory / Eva Engels and Sten Vikner.

"This study presents an account of object shift, a word order phenomenon found in most of the Scandinavian languages where an object occurs unexpectedly to the left and not to the right of a sentential adverbial. The book examines object shift across many of the Scandinavian languages and diale...

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Main Authors:	Engels, Eva (Author), Vikner, Sten (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Houndsmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Series:	Palgrave pivot.
Subjects:	Scandinavian languages > Word order. Scandinavian languages > Clauses.