Definiteness, Gender, and Hybrids: Evidence from Norwegian Dialects
In some Norwegian dialects, such as older Oslo dialect, the noun mamma ‘mother’ unexpectedly appears to be masculine. The Nordreisa dialect (Northern Norwegian) goes one step further. The word looks like it is masculine, but only in the definite form. This is an unusual “split” because gender mixtur...
| Published in: | Journal of Germanic Linguistics |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2012
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| Online Access: | http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/742243/1/2012-Enger%20%26%20Corbett%20Definiteness%20Gender%20and%20Hybrids%20PUBLISHED%20PDF%20allowed.pdf http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/742243/2/SRI_deposit_agreement.pdf https://doi.org/10.1017/S1470542712000098 |