Object shift and Pseudogapping in the Scandinavian languages

This paper introduces new data from Scandinavian in the discussion of the Pseudogapping phenomenon. It will be shown that data from Icelandic in particular rule out an analysis of Pseudogapping in terms of object shift, since only prepositional phrases seem to be allowed as Pseudogapping remnants. The proposal put forward in this paper is that the Scandinavian Pseudogapping derivation builds on Heavy Noun Phrase Shift, with Special phonological requirements. More specifically, it is suggested that Scandinavian Pseudogapping patterns with the shift of indirect objects in English and with topicalisation in Serbo-Croatian.