Lars Heltoft

List of John Benjamins publications for which Lars Heltoft plays a role.

Titles

Perspectives on Language Structure and Language Change: Studies in honor of Henning Andersen

Edited by Lars Heltoft, Iván Igartua, Brian D. Joseph, Kirsten Jeppesen Kragh and Lene Schøsler

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 345] 2019. ix, 419 pp.
Subjects Historical linguistics | Theoretical linguistics

Connecting Grammaticalisation

Jens Nørgård-Sørensen, Lars Heltoft and Lene Schøsler

Subjects Functional linguistics | Historical linguistics | Morphology | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

Content, Expression and Structure: Studies in Danish functional grammar

Edited by Elisabeth Engberg-Pedersen, Michael Fortescue, Peter Harder, Lars Heltoft and Lisbeth Falster Jakobsen

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 29] 1996. xvi, 510 pp.
Subjects Functional linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Typology
Juul Nielsen, Peter and Lars Heltoft 2023 Indexicality across the boundaries of syntax, semantics and pragmatics: The constructional content of the Danish free indirect objectDitransitives in Germanic Languages: Synchronic and diachronic aspects, Zehentner, Eva, Melanie Röthlisberger and Timothy Colleman (eds.), pp. 150–194 | Chapter
In Danish, indirect object (IO) constructions fall into two main classes: (1) the three-argument valence-governed pattern and (2) the free indirect object construction. The free IO is a constructional extension to certain types of monotransitive constructions and verbs; by contrast, the… read more
Heltoft, Lars 2021 The typology of Old Norse revisited: The case of Middle DanishHistorical Germanic morphosyntax, Laker, Stephen and John Ole Askedal (eds.), pp. 242–277 | Article
Typologically, the Old and Middle Scandinavian languages preserve features lost in Modern Scandinavian (Danish, Norwegian and Swedish), especially zero arguments and inactive constructions. Both phenomena present difficulties for the analysis of the Old and Middle Scandinavian languages as… read more
The form fauþr ‘father’ on the Malt stone is normally understood as a carving error for faþur, but could very well be read at face value as a one-syllable form fǫðr, an archaic accusative singular. In a wider Proto-Germanic context, I propose that this form is part of an early levelling process… read more
Heltoft, Lars 2019 Word order as grammaticalised semiotic systemsPerspectives on Language Structure and Language Change: Studies in honor of Henning Andersen, Heltoft, Lars, Iván Igartua, Brian D. Joseph, Kirsten Jeppesen Kragh and Lene Schøsler (eds.), pp. 151–178 | Chapter
Meillet (1921 [1912]: 147-48) briefly states that word order is grammatical and that word order change is an alternative way of grammaticalisation, a stance that has had few followers within mainstream grammaticalisation studies. In the context of Henning Andersen’s view of morphology and the… read more
Heltoft, Lars, Iván Igartua, Brian D. Joseph, Kirsten Jeppesen Kragh and Lene Schøsler 2019 Perspectives on language structure and language change: An introductionPerspectives on Language Structure and Language Change: Studies in honor of Henning Andersen, Heltoft, Lars, Iván Igartua, Brian D. Joseph, Kirsten Jeppesen Kragh and Lene Schøsler (eds.), pp. 1–10 | Chapter
Nørgård-Sørensen, Jens and Lars Heltoft 2015 Grammaticalisation as paradigmatisationNew Directions in Grammaticalization Research, Smith, Andrew D.M., Graeme Trousdale and Richard Waltereit (eds.), pp. 261–292 | Article
By arguing that grammaticalisation inevitably involves paradigmatisation, i.e. formation of new paradigms or reformation of existing paradigms, we challenge leading approaches to grammaticalisation that consider the stages on the so-called cline of grammaticality the prototypical path of… read more
Heltoft, Lars 2014 Constructional change, paradigmatic structure and the orientation of usage processesUsage-Based Approaches to Language Change, Coussé, Evie and Ferdinand von Mengden (eds.), pp. 203–242 | Article
This article presents a model analysis of the interplay between structure and usage in the semantic change of constructions, with a focus on the role of content structure in the sense of paradigmatically organised semantic structure. The case at hand is the development of the Danish indirect object… read more
Heltoft, Lars 2011 Chapter 6 Word order change as grammaticalisation: Paradigm structure and change in ScandinavianConnecting Grammaticalisation, Nørgård-Sørensen, Jens, Lars Heltoft and Lene Schøsler, pp. 171–236 | Article
Christensen, Tanya Karoli and Lars Heltoft 2010 Mood in DanishMood in the Languages of Europe, Rothstein, Björn and Rolf Thieroff (eds.), pp. 85–102 | Article
Heltoft, Lars 2001 7. Datives and comitatives as neighbouring spouses: The case of indirect objects and comitatives in DanishDimensions of Possession, Baron, Irène, Michael Herslund and Finn Sørensen (eds.), pp. 115–146 | Chapter
Heltoft, Lars 2001 Recasting Danish subjects: Case system, word order and subject developmentGrammatical Relations in Change, Faarlund, Jan Terje (ed.), pp. 171–204 | Article
The present article is an attempt to construct a scenario for the typological change of the subject in the Scandinavian languages, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish, from nominative subjects to categorical subjects. This change must and will be seen in the context of the rise of the so-called… read more
Harder, Peter, Lars Heltoft and Ole Nedergaard Thomsen 1996 Danish directional adverbs: Content syntax and complex predicates — a case for host and co-predicatesContent, Expression and Structure: Studies in Danish functional grammar, Engberg-Pedersen, Elisabeth, Michael Fortescue, Peter Harder, Lars Heltoft and Lisbeth Falster Jakobsen (eds.), pp. 159–198 | Article
Heltoft, Lars 1996 Paradigmatic structure, word order and grammaticalizationContent, Expression and Structure: Studies in Danish functional grammar, Engberg-Pedersen, Elisabeth, Michael Fortescue, Peter Harder, Lars Heltoft and Lisbeth Falster Jakobsen (eds.), pp. 469–494 | Article
Heltoft, Lars and Lisbeth Falster Jakobsen 1996 Danish passives and subject positions as a mood system: A content analysisContent, Expression and Structure: Studies in Danish functional grammar, Engberg-Pedersen, Elisabeth, Michael Fortescue, Peter Harder, Lars Heltoft and Lisbeth Falster Jakobsen (eds.), pp. 199–234 | Article