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1 online resource (334 pages). |
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Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] ; v. 294
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Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs TiLSM.
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Acknowledgements ; Table of contents ; Abbreviations ; List of tables, figures and grammatical definitions ; 1 Introduction ; 2 Theoretical, empirical and methodological foundations ; 2.1 Theory: signifié/signifiant ; 2.1.1 Arbitrariness and conventions. |
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2.1.2 Saussure and syntax: linearity, limitations of arbitrariness 2.1.3 Neo-Saussurean syntax ; 2.1.4 Summary and implications ; 2.2 The object of study: synchrony/diachrony and langue/parole ; 2.2.1 Synchrony/diachrony ; 2.2.2 Delimiting the object of study in time and space. |
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2.2.3 Langage, langue, parole 2.2.4 Further delimiting the object of study -- the Norwegian Nominal System ; 2.3 Methodology ; 2.3.1 Syntagmatic vs. paradigmatic relations, value and signification ; 2.3.2 The contrastive view ; 2.3.3 The concrete data. |
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2.4 Neo-Saussurean grammar vs. other current theories 2.4.1 Neo-Saussurean grammar and (European) structuralism ; 2.4.2 Neo-Saussurean vs. generative gramar ; 2.4.3 Neo-Saussurean vs. cognitive linguistics and construction grammar(s) ; 2.4.4 Summary ; 2.5 Closing the chapter. |
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3 Norwegian nouns and adjectives 3.1 Norwegian nouns ; 3.2 The Norwegian definite forms ; 3.2.1 Distribution and interpretation of the definite forms -- definiteness as identifiability ; 3.2.2 Implicit or "missing" possessives ; 3.3 The Norwegian Indefinite Plural. |
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3.3.1 Sentential distribution and interpretations of the Indefinite Plural. |
| Summary |
This study presents a unified, economic account of the intricate relationship between form, meaning and interpretation in the Norwegian nominal system - without reference to polysemy. It covers all kinds of nominal signs, i.e. nouns, adjectives, pronouns and determiners, as well as the conventionalised syntactic combinations between them. Among its central innovations is the introduction of the feature general number into Norwegian morphology. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Norwegian language -- Nominals.
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Norwegian language. |
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Norwegian language -- Morphology.
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Norwegian language -- Morphology. |
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Norwegian language -- Grammar.
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Norwegian language -- Grammar. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Halmøy, Madeleine. Norwegian Nominal System : A Neo-Saussurean Perspective. Berlin/Boston : De Gruyter, ©2016 9783110339635 |
| ISBN |
9783110363425 (electronic book) |
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3110363429 (electronic book) |
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