Höskuldur Thráinsson

List of John Benjamins publications for which Höskuldur Thráinsson plays a role.

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Syntactic Variation in Insular Scandinavian

Edited by Höskuldur Thráinsson, Caroline Heycock, Hjalmar P. Petersen and Zakaris Svabo Hansen

[Studies in Germanic Linguistics, 1] 2017. v, 343 pp.
Subjects Germanic linguistics | Theoretical linguistics

Minimal Ideas: Syntactic studies in the minimalist framework

Edited by Werner Abraham, Samuel David Epstein, Höskuldur Thráinsson and C. Jan-Wouter Zwart

[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 12] 1996. xii, 364 pp.
Subjects Generative linguistics | Syntax
Eythórsson, Thórhallur and Höskuldur Thráinsson 2017 Variation in oblique subject constructions in Insular ScandinavianSyntactic Variation in Insular Scandinavian, Thráinsson, Höskuldur, Caroline Heycock, Hjalmar P. Petersen and Zakaris Svabo Hansen (eds.), pp. 53–90 | Chapter
This chapter reviews the division of morphological case into structural case and lexical case and the latter in turn into regular (thematic) and idiosyncratic case (Yip, Maling and Jackendoff 1987). The Case Directionality Hypothesis (Eythórsson 2002, 2015b) states that historical development of… read more
Thráinsson, Höskuldur 2017 On quantity and quality in syntactic variation studiesSyntactic Variation in Insular Scandinavian, Thráinsson, Höskuldur, Caroline Heycock, Hjalmar P. Petersen and Zakaris Svabo Hansen (eds.), pp. 19–52 | Chapter
This paper discusses some methodological issues in variation studies, drawing mainly on experience gathered in work on syntactic variation in Insular Scandinavian. First, it demonstrates the importance of having a large number of informants if you want to get a reliable picture of the distribution… read more
Thráinsson, Höskuldur, Caroline Heycock, Hjalmar P. Petersen and Zakaris Svabo Hansen 2017 IntroductionSyntactic Variation in Insular Scandinavian, Thráinsson, Höskuldur, Caroline Heycock, Hjalmar P. Petersen and Zakaris Svabo Hansen (eds.), pp. 1–18 | Chapter
Epstein, Samuel David, Höskuldur Thráinsson and C. Jan-Wouter Zwart 1996 IntroductionMinimal Ideas: Syntactic studies in the minimalist framework, Abraham, Werner, Samuel David Epstein, Höskuldur Thráinsson and C. Jan-Wouter Zwart (eds.), pp. 1–66 | Article
Thráinsson, Höskuldur 1996 On the (Non-) Universality of Functional CategoriesMinimal Ideas: Syntactic studies in the minimalist framework, Abraham, Werner, Samuel David Epstein, Höskuldur Thráinsson and C. Jan-Wouter Zwart (eds.), pp. 253–281 | Article
Magnúsdóttir, Sigriður and Höskuldur Thráinsson 1989 Supplement to Chapter 7. Icelandic-language materialsAgrammatic Aphasia: A cross-language narrative sourcebook, Menn, Lise and Loraine K. Obler (eds.), pp. 1549–1587 | Miscellaneous