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How does one speak about kinds in Norwegian? Which noun form should one use to say that dogs bark and cows are mammals? And is it always necessary to use a plural noun form to express genericity?
The study presented in this book shows a cognitive approach to genericity in Norwegian. The study material includes three data sets–two surveys and a specialised corpus of generic texts. Both the surveys and the corpus were analysed in two ways–with the use of chosen cognitive models and with a number of statistical tests. Applying both qualitative and quantitive methods has allowed to conduct a comprehensive study on genericity in of Pages: 242Dimensions: 0.56 x 9.21 x 6.14 INPublication Date: April 04, 2023
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