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Abstract

In this paper I propose a new analysis of null arguments in Old Norwegian. I argue that the option of null realization in Old Norwegian correlates with a distinction between φP and DP pronouns in the sense of Déchaine & Wiltschko (2002) , and that this distribution can be captured by a version of pronoun deletion ( Roberts 2010b ). On a more general, theoretical level, I argue that both the structure of pronouns and that of the functional domains C, T and v influence the null argument properties of a language. Thus, null arguments, but also blocking of null arguments in non-null-argument languages like Modern Norwegian and English, may be derived in different ways.

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Null arguments in old Norwegian
Linguistic Variation 17, 309 (2017); https://doi.org/10.1075/lv.15018.kin
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Keyword(s): historical linguistics; Norwegian; null arguments; syntactic variation; syntax

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