LEXICONORDICA 8 - Nordisk Sprogkoordination

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subject in these sections is unspecified, i.e., either animate or inanimate,
and thus not shown. In the sense in section 4, the subject is always
inanimate (e-›, nom., reflexive or not), or impersonal ( e-n, acc.,
+animate); see next page.
This verb is specially selected here to show different senses
coinciding with difference in syntax, although sections 1 and 2 could be
combined, both on grounds of syntax and sense. 5
The minimal requirements in the case of Icelandic verbs is sufficient
information on case-marking, both of objects and subjects. Sometimes
semantic restrictions on either subject or object are also useful (e.g.
±animate). This, however, is not followed strictly, as nominative
subjects (unspecified for ±animate) are assumed to be the norm, shown
by the traditional description with inifinitives, as in sections 1B3 in
henda in figure 8. In the last part of that verb the short forms for subjects
are also shown, e-› for an inanimate subject (nominative) and e-n
for an accusative subject; see figure 9.
5 The meaning in section 2 is very common, but strangely enough it was missing in
both older editions.