This paper investigates constructions in Norwegian and German with an expletive pronoun in subject position, and for Norwegian also in object position. The discussion covers presentational, impersonal and extrapositional constructions in both languages, and in Norwegian also the ‘light reflexive’… read more
We illustrate a format forvalencerepresentation calledthe Construction Labeling system (CL),earlier presented inHellan and Dakubu 2010, which can be used in annotation of single examples and in enumerations and collections of valency types. It is applicable across language families… read more
The paper discusses some possible interpretations of the notion ‘argument sharing’ in the analysis of Oriya serial verb constructions (SVCs). The paper in particular addresses the notion of ‘token-sharing’. We argue that the concept of token-sharing, although, due to its rigour, theoretically the… read more