Dual number in the North Saami dialect of Ofoten and Sør-Troms

• Main Author: Kejonen, Olle
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Finsk-ugriska språk 2017
• Subjects: Saami; North Saami; grammatical number; dual number; reciprocal pronouns; sámegiella; davvisámegiella; grammatihkalaš lohku; guvttiidlohku; resiprohka pronomenat; General Language Studies and Linguistics; Jämförande språkvetenskap och allmän lingvistik; Specific Languages; Studier av enskilda språk; Norway; Ofoten; saami; Troms
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-323384

This study deals with grammatical number in the North Saami dialect of Ofoten and Sør-Troms, Norway. Five informants were interviewed and the material was collected both through free speech and elicitation. The study shows that in this dialect, plural forms are used when referring to two individuals...