The syntax of Swedish modal particles
Nathalie Scherf · 2016
In this article, I present a syntactic analysis of the Swedish modal particles ju, väl, nog and visst, which takes the MPs to be two types of deficient adverbs. I argue that the MPs ju and väl are clitic heads in a high functional projection in the IP-domain whereas nog and visst are weak deficient adverbs in a specifier position of a projection below ju and väl. This analysis accounts for the linearization of the MPs, their co-occurrence restrictions, the (im)possibility to occur in the CP-domain, their position with respect to subject and object nouns/pronouns as well as differences between main and subordinate clauses.