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The Role of Contact in Explaining Linguistic Convergence1
Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 123, Issue 3, Page 479-513, November 2025.Abstract In this paper, I explore the question of how linguistic convergence emerges and what the role of contact might be. My case study is the spread of headed relative clauses built around wh‐relative markers in the Standard Average European languages.
Nikolas Gisborne
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General linguistics and Indo-European reconstruction [PDF]
, 2010 There is good reason to be ambivalent about the usefulness of general considerations in linguistic reconstruction. As a heuristic device, a theoretical framework can certainly be helpful, but the negative potential of aprioristic considerations must not ...
Kortlandt, Frederik H. H.
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The Integration of Norse‐Derived Terms in English: Effects of Formal Similarity1
Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 123, Issue 3, Page 556-591, November 2025.Abstract Language change arising from language contact is a complex phenomenon. Peter Matthews encouraged researchers to consider it as firmly grounded in the behaviour of individual speakers. We apply this perspective to investigate the integration of Norse‐derived terms into medieval English, testing for the effect of their phonetic similarity to ...
Sara M. Pons‐Sanz, Seán G. Roberts
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The Proto-Germanic pluperfect [PDF]
, 2010 The Germanic perfect presents (Präteritopräsentien) form a past tense by adding the endings of the weak preterit to the stem of the past participle, e.g. Go. wissa ‘knew’. This is a recent formation (cf. Kortlandt 1989). We may therefore ask ourselves if
Kortlandt, Frederik H. H.
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Fra arbeidsfellesskap til et mangfoldig læringsfellesskap
NOA, 2023 Artikkelen presenterer en analyse av fellesskap i Generell del av læreplanen fra 1997 (L97) og i Overordnet del i gjeldende læreplanverk (LK20). I ulike offentlige dokumenter anmodes det stadig om å bygge og ivareta et inkluderende mangfoldig fellesskap ...
Margarita Olnova, Torild Marie Olsen
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Tonal stability and tonogenesis in North Germanic
, 2016 The origin of North Germanic tonal accents is a question with a long history and a range of available answers. Although the basic facts are not in dispute, the accents’ historical development remains controversial.
Pavel Iosad
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“Sånn typisk scene fra en polsk komedie egentlig.”
NOA, 2023 Denne artikkelen presenterer en metodisk framgangsmåte som innlemmer humoristiske videoinnslag i fokusgruppesamtaler med talere av norsk som andrespråk.
Anne Golden, Toril Opsahl
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Ny start for Forskernettverk i norsk som andrespråk (FiNOA)
NOA, 2022 Pandemien har lært oss mange ting, blant annet at det kan være lurt å ha en operativ gruppe der de ulike fagmiljøene er representert. Professor Anne Golden og undertegnede tok derfor høsten 2021 et initiativ for å finne fram til en slik organiseringsform.
Lise Iversen Kulbrandstad
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Quantity superlatives in Germanic, or, ‘Life on the fault line between adjective and determiner' [PDF]
, 2018 This paper concerns the superlative forms of the words many, much, few, and little, and their equivalents in other Germanic languages (German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dalecarlian, Icelandic, and Faroese).
Coppock, Elizabeth
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Norsk som en del av et flerspråklig familierepertoar i en trespråklig familie
NOA, 2022 Denne artikkelen tar i bruk analysemetoder fra interaksjonell sosiolingvistikk for å studere hvordan en trespråklig familie innlemmer norsk i familiens flerspråklige repertoar, og hvordan norsk brukes som en ressurs for å konstruere familien som et ...
Ragni Vik Johnsen
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