On peripheral doubling in Scandinavian
¯ystein Alexander Vangsnes
November 2007 

This paper investigates correlative elements in Scandinavian that appear in the peripheries of the clausal structure. The paper introduces the notion of ‘right peripheral doubling’ which refers to a phenomenon characteristic of colloquial varieties of Mainland Scandinavian whereby a proform doubles a constituent within the core clause, either another proform or an XP. It is shown that such doubling by a proform can be distinguished from right dislocation. Yet it is argued that both right peripheral phenomena relate to the left periphery of clausal structure but that there is a trigger for movement of the core clause that shifts it around them, reversing the order and rendering the peripheral constituents to the right of the core clause. Much of the analysis is based on taking into consideration various combinations of left dislocation, right dislocation, right peripheral doubling, and clausal (peripheral) particles, pairing possible orders with prosodic characteristics.

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Reference:	lingbuzz/000555 (please use that when you cite this article, unless you want to cite the full url: http://ling.auf.net/lingbuzz/000555)
Published in:	Sjef Barbiers et al. (eds.): Microvariation in Syntactic Doubling, Syntax and Semantics 36. Emerald, Bingley. 419-441.
keywords:	peripheral doubling, pronouns, clausal particles, left dislocation, right dislocation, norwegian, scandinavian, left periphery, syntax
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