Gunlög Josefsson
Biographic Data
| ID | 965614 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gunlög Josefsson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gunlög |
| FAMILY NAME | Josefsson |
| SIGNATURE | JOSEFSSON G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lund University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Variation in Mainland Scandinavian Object Shift
Despite decades of research, debate continues over the analysis of Object Shift in Mainland Scandinavian, and all syntactic and information-structural accounts have run into empirical and/or conceptual problems. We argue that this debate can be resolved by recognizing that Object Shift is, in fact, a prosodic phenomenon. Our analysis builds on the observation that varieties with optional Object Shift (most Swedish dialects, South Danish dialects …
Scandinavian gender and pancake sentences
In a recent NJL article (Enger 2013), Hans-Olav Enger argues against some analyses of gender and ‘pancake sentences’, in particular against Josefsson (2009). In this short contribution, I will discuss what I take to be misunderstandings in Enger (2013). In addition I will discuss some data not included in Enger's (2013) analysis, which I will show to be crucial for the comparison between the different analyses proposed
Pancake sentences and the semanticization of formal gender in Mainland Scandinavian
"Disagreeing" pronominal reference in Swedish and the interplay between formal and semantic gender
Peas and pancakes
Two variants of what looks like disagreement between a subject and a predicative adjective are explored: (i) (ii) Having shown how Construction NOM and Construction PROP differ, I demonstrate that the subject of Construction PROP is clausal. I argue that the topmost XP of the subject phrase of both constructions contains a null neuter element. This accounts for the neuter predicative agreement; hence the idea of default agreement or semantic agre…
Semantic and grammatical genders in Swedish-independent but interacting dimensions
The Meaning of Lexical Classes
Following the spirit of Relativized Extreme Functionalism, I argue that a set of grammatical features, traditionally thought of as devoid of semantics, lexical class (declension and conjugation), in fact has semantic content. Taking Josefsson (1995. 1997. 1998) as a point of departure, I suggest that the lexical class determines the word class of a word, hence relating the word to a major ontological category such as THING and EVENT. A certain le…
The Meaning of Lexical Classes
Following the spirit of Relativized Extreme Functionalism, I argue that a set of grammatical features, traditionally thought of as devoid of semantics, lexical class (declension and conjugation), in fact has semantic content. Taking Josefsson (1995. 1997. 1998) as a point of departure, I suggest that the lexical class determines the word class of a word, hence relating the word to a major ontological category such as THING and EVENT. A certain le…
Semantic and grammatical genders in Swedish-independent but interacting dimensions
Peas and pancakes
Two variants of what looks like disagreement between a subject and a predicative adjective are explored: (i) (ii) Having shown how Construction NOM and Construction PROP differ, I demonstrate that the subject of Construction PROP is clausal. I argue that the topmost XP of the subject phrase of both constructions contains a null neuter element. This accounts for the neuter predicative agreement; hence the idea of default agreement or semantic agre…
"Disagreeing" pronominal reference in Swedish and the interplay between formal and semantic gender
Scandinavian gender and pancake sentences
In a recent NJL article (Enger 2013), Hans-Olav Enger argues against some analyses of gender and ‘pancake sentences’, in particular against Josefsson (2009). In this short contribution, I will discuss what I take to be misunderstandings in Enger (2013). In addition I will discuss some data not included in Enger's (2013) analysis, which I will show to be crucial for the comparison between the different analyses proposed
Pancake sentences and the semanticization of formal gender in Mainland Scandinavian
Variation in Mainland Scandinavian Object Shift
Despite decades of research, debate continues over the analysis of Object Shift in Mainland Scandinavian, and all syntactic and information-structural accounts have run into empirical and/or conceptual problems. We argue that this debate can be resolved by recognizing that Object Shift is, in fact, a prosodic phenomenon. Our analysis builds on the observation that varieties with optional Object Shift (most Swedish dialects, South Danish dialects …
Linguistics (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Adjective (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (3 works) · Natural Language Processing Techniques (3 works) · Noun (3 works) · Predicative expression (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works)