Two Structural Positions for Locative and Directional PPs in Norwegian Motion Constructions

Two Structural Positions for Locative and Directional PPs in Norwegian Motion Constructions

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This paper discusses two types of constructions in Norwegian where a combination of a verb of motion and a prepositional phrase are ambiguous between a reading of directed motion and a reading of located motion.Based on the differences in the syntactic behaviour of the two types of constructions with respect to a variety of diablo 2 amn tests (viz.VP constituency tests, adverbial placement, accent placement and the binding of anaphora), I weekend friend juneshine argue that the two different readings have different argument structures and syntactic structures.

On the directed motion reading, the PP appears low down in the verb phrase as complement to a functional head Path0, where it is interpreted as endpoint.Locative PPs, however, appear higher up in the structure as a verb phrase adjunct.