Article outline

• 4.1The basic assumptions
  • 4.1.1Some basic assumptions from the Larsen (2014) model
  • 4.1.2Particle topicalisation
  • 4.1.3Rett ‘right’ modification
  • 4.1.4V2 and stranded particle
  • 4.1.5Preliminary hypotheses
• 4.2Simplex constructions
  • 4.2.1Structural semantics, lexical semantics, and world knowledge
  • 4.2.2The structure as the primary carrier of meaning
  • 4.2.3The basic semantics of prepositions and the lexical modification of the structure
  • 4.2.4World knowledge: Possible S-semantic modification of structural semantics
• 4.3Complex constructions
  • 4.3.1Constructions with a full resultative PP
  • 4.3.2Constructions with complex phrasal particles
• 4.4Ground promotion
  • 4.4.1Earlier accounts and new data
  • 4.4.2The analysis
  • 4.4.3The case of ut ‘out’, inn ‘in(to)’, opp ‘up’ and ned ‘down’
  • 4.4.4Conclusion
• 4.5Unaccusatives
  • 4.5.1Personal vs. impersonal unaccusatives
  • 4.5.2Meteorological constructions
• 4.6Conclusion
• Notes