Web page of the course Topics in Comparative Scandinavian and Germanic Syntax Sten Vikner June 25 - July 9, 2026, Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS), Berlin Time: 5 sessions, two hours each (with a 15-20 minute break at 13:50): 13:00-15:00, Thursday, June 25, 2026 13:00-15:00, Friday, July 3, 2026 13:00-15:00, Monday, July 6, 2026 13:00-15:00, Wednesday, July 8, 2026 13:00-15:00, Thursday, July 9, 2026 Venue: seminar room 1.02 at ZAS, Pariser Str. 1, 10719 Berlin. Underground station/U-Bahnhof: Spichernstraße. We will make sure that non-ZAS participants can get into ZAS right before each session. If you nevertheless have problems getting in, you should e-mail Nele Arnold at arnold@leibniz-zas.de. Content: This course will discuss certain topics in Scandinavian syntax, and it will also give a Scandinavian point of view on related parts of Germanic comparative syntax. It will include the following topics (with links to the hand-outs as they become available): 1. Reflexives and override reflexives in Danish and English 1a. Intro: Reflexives in Danish and English (around 18 pp.) 1b. Override Reflexives in Danish and English (around 20 pp.) 2. OV vs. VO order in Germanic 2a. Intro: Why German is not SVO but SOV with verb second (around 7 pp.) 2b. Are there OV-languages that also allow VO? About and-infinitives in German in South Schleswig (around 22 pp.) 2c. Verb particle variation in Germanic (around 23 pp.) 3. V-to-T-movement and verb second 3a. Intro: IP, I°, and V°-to-I° movement (around 20 pp.) 3b. Intro: CP, C°, and V2 (around 32 pp.) 3c. Immobile Complex Verbs in the Germanic SOV-languages (around 23 pp.) 3d. Two-verb Sequences in the Germanic SOV-languages (around 36 pp.) and, if time permits, also all or part of 4. Double objects in Danish and English (and objects followed by PP-complements) 4a. Intro: Double objects and VP-shells (around 18 pp.) 4b. Telicity-sensitive PPs modifying VP-shells (20 pp.) (The beginning or end of a particular session will not necessarily coincide with the beginning or end of a hand-out.) (There is no required reading for this course. If you want some background reading nevertheless, send me an e-mail.)

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