Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Typologie und Universalienforschung (ZAS) Workshop “Object Positions” Aarhus, 18 Jan 07 On Object Shift in Icelandic and Partial Iconicity Hans-Martin Gärtner (ZAS Berlin) [email protected] Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Typologie und Universalienforschung (ZAS) Gärtner, Hans-Martin (2004a): “On Object Shift in Icelandic and Partial Iconicity.” Lingua 14: 1235-1252. Gärtner, Hans-Martin (2004b): “On the OT-Status of ‘Unambiguous Encoding’.” in: Blutner, Reinhard & Henk Zeevat. Optimality Theory and Pragmatics. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan. 154-172 2 Object Positions (Aarhus 1.07), HM Gärtner Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Typologie und Universalienforschung (ZAS) (1) Contents a. An OT-account of Icelandic Object-Shift b. Bidirectional OT c. Harmonic Alignment and Local Conjunction d. Conclusion and Outlook 3 Object Positions (Aarhus 1.07), HM Gärtner Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Typologie und Universalienforschung (ZAS) (cid:177) An OT-account of Icelandic Object-Shift (cid:177) 4 Object Positions (Aarhus 1.07), HM Gärtner Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Typologie und Universalienforschung (ZAS) (2) a. Auk þess sýna þau alltaf viðtal við Clinton í erlendu fréttunum "Besides, in the foreign news they always show interviews with Clinton" b. . . . [ alltaf [ t [ viðtal við Clinton ] . . . ] ] VP VP V NP (3) a. Auk þess sýna þau viðtal við Clinton alltaf í erlendu fréttunum "Besides, interviews with Clinton they always show in the foreign news" b. . . . [ [ viðtal við Clinton ] [ alltaf [ t t . . . ] ] ] AgrOP NP j VP VP V j 5 Object Positions (Aarhus 1.07), HM Gärtner Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Typologie und Universalienforschung (ZAS) (2) a. Auk þess sýna þau alltaf viðtal við Clinton í erlendu fréttunum "Besides, in the foreign news they always show interviews with Clinton" b. . . . [ alltaf [ t [ viðtal við Clinton ] . . . ] ] VP VP V NP (3) a. Auk þess sýna þau viðtal við Clinton alltaf í erlendu fréttunum "Besides, interviews with Clinton they always show in the foreign news" b. . . . [ [ viðtal við Clinton ] [ alltaf [ t t . . . ] ] ] AgrOP NP j VP VP V j 6 Object Positions (Aarhus 1.07), HM Gärtner Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Typologie und Universalienforschung (ZAS) (4) Interpretation of indefinites (cf. Diesing 1996) a. “weak”: All foreign newscasts contain interviews with Clinton b. “strong”: All interviews with Clinton occur on the foreign news c. in situ object associates (preferably) with weak readings d. shifted object associates (preferably) with strong reading 7 Object Positions (Aarhus 1.07), HM Gärtner Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Typologie und Universalienforschung (ZAS) (4) Interpretation of indefinites (cf. Diesing 1996) a. “weak”: All foreign newscasts contain interviews with Clinton b. “strong”: All interviews with Clinton occur on the foreign news c. in situ object associates (preferably) with weak readings d. shifted object associates (preferably) with strong reading 8 Object Positions (Aarhus 1.07), HM Gärtner Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Typologie und Universalienforschung (ZAS) (4) Interpretation of indefinites (cf. Diesing 1996) a. “weak”: All foreign newscasts contain interviews with Clinton b. “strong”: All interviews with Clinton occur on the foreign news c. in situ object associates (preferably) with weak readings d. shifted object associates (preferably) with strong reading 9 Object Positions (Aarhus 1.07), HM Gärtner Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Typologie und Universalienforschung (ZAS) (4) Interpretation of indefinites (cf. Diesing 1996) a. “weak”: All foreign newscasts contain interviews with Clinton b. “strong”: All interviews with Clinton occur on the foreign news c. in situ object associates (preferably) with weak readings d. shifted object associates (preferably) with strong reading 10 Object Positions (Aarhus 1.07), HM Gärtner
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