Hans Petter Helland

List of John Benjamins publications for which Hans Petter Helland plays a role.

Title

Challenging Clitics

Edited by Christine Meklenborg Salvesen and Hans Petter Helland

[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 206] 2013. vii, 315 pp.
Subjects Generative linguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
Helland, Hans Petter 2013 Non-finite adjuncts in FrenchIn Search of Universal Grammar: From Old Norse to Zoque, Lohndal, Terje (ed.), pp. 111–130 | Article
In this paper, I discuss the morphological build-up of the French gérondif en + V-ant and compare it to the present participle V-ant. On the basis of this discussion, en is to be treated as a prepositional complementizer just as de and à with infinitives. Arguments are given for a recategorization… read more
Meklenborg Salvesen, Christine and Hans Petter Helland 2013 Why challenging clitics? Some introductory remarksChallenging Clitics, Meklenborg Salvesen, Christine and Hans Petter Helland (eds.), pp. 1–26 | Article
Linguists have been drawn to the intriguing nature of clitics ever since the golden age of philology in the 19th century. In this paper we aim to provide a brief history of different approaches to clitics, from Wackernagel’s law to modern theories that link clitics to phases. We also present the… read more
Helland, Hans Petter 2010 Control in a cross-linguistic perspective: French-NorwegianFrench Syntax in Contrast, Lahousse, Karen, Béatrice Lamiroy and Kristel Van Goethem (eds.), pp. 194–207 | Article
In this chapter, we examine control configurations in French gérondif clauses in which the referential properties of the implicit subject argument (PRO) have to be determined by contextual (linguistic and extra-linguistic) factors. We compare the control facts with parallel Norwegian translations.… read more