On Anaphora and Predication in Norwegian

On Anaphora and Predication in Norwegian
Type	in-book
Author(s)	Lars Hellan
Editor(s)	Lars Hellan Kirsti Koch Christensen
Publication title	Topics in Scandinavian Syntax
Publisher	Reidel
Annotator	Lars Isak Askheim
Corpus Link	On Anaphora and Predication in Norwegian

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Original Interlinear Glossed Text

(2) a. Jon ville at jeg skulle snakke om ham selv Jon wanted that I should speak about him himself. b. Jon bar inn veden selv Jon carried in the wood himself. c. Jon selv hadde blitt syk Jon himself had become ill.	(3) b. *Jon snakket om seg selvs kone Jon talked about himself's wife.
(6) a. Vi fortalte Jon om ham selv. We told Jon about himself. b. Vi fortalte dem om hverandre We told them about each other. c. Vi snakket med Jon om ham selv. We talked with Jon about himself. d. Vi snakket med dem om hverandre. We talked with them about each other.	(7) a. Jon fortalte meg om seg selv. Jon told me about himself. b. De fortalte meg om hverandre. They told me about each other. c. Vi gjorde Jon glad i seg selv. We made Jon fond of himself. d. Vi gjorde dem glad i hverandre. We made them fond of each other. e. Jons angrep på seg selv var en overraskelse. Jon's attack on himself was a surprise. f. Deres angrep på hverandre var en overraskelse. Their attack on each other was a surprise.
(8) a. Jeg fortalte dem om hverandres bilder. i told them about each other's pictures. b. Min beretning til dem om hverandres bilder gledet dem. My report to them about each other's pictures pleased them.	(9) a. De fortalte meg om hverandres bilder. They told me about each other's pictures. b. Jeg gjorde dem glad i hverandres bilder. I made them fond of each other's pictures. c. Deres skryt av hverandres bilder var en plage. Their bragging of each other's pictures was a pain.
(10) De brente seg på gnistene fra hverandres snadder. They burned themselves on the sparks from each other's pipes.	(11) a. *Jon hørte meg snakke om seg selv. Jon heard me talking about himself. b. *De hørte meg snakke om hverandre. They heard me talk about each other. c. *Jon gjorde meg glad i seg selv. Jon made me fond of himself. d. *De gjorde meg glad i hverandre. They made fond of each other. e. *Jon hørte på mitt skryt av seg selv. Jon listened to my boasting of himself. f. *De hørte på mitt skryt av hverandre. They listened to my boasting of each other.
(12) a. ??De kongelige møtte alltid frem til henrettelsene av hverandre. The members of the royal family always turned up for the executions of each other. b. *De kongelige møtte alltid frem til revolusjonsrådets henrettelser av hverandre. The members of the royal council always turned up for the revolutionary council's executions of each other.	(13) a. ?Jon lot piske seg selv. Jon had himself whipped. b. *Jon let us whip himself. Jon let us whip himself.
(14) a. *De trodde at hverandre ville bli invitert. They thought that each other would be invited. b. ?*De trodde at hverandres biler ville bli ødelagt. They thought that each other's cars would be destroyed.	(15) a. Jons bøker om ham selv Jon's books about himself b. Jons og Pers eiendommer i hverandres hjembyer. Jon's and Per's properties in each other's hometowns