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Colloquial Norwegian
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 33.95Colloquial Norwegian provides a step-by-step course in Norwegian as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Norwegian in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language... more...
The Syntax of Norwegian Passive Constructions
John Benjamins Publishing Company 1992; US$ 149.00This book provides an analysis of the passive phenomenon in general and of Norwegian passive constructions in particular. Related topics such as English passive constructions and Norwegian ergative constructions are also examined. The analysis is carried out within a Government and Binding framework. Chapter 1 contains a very brief introduction to... more...
The Phonology of Norwegian
Oxford University Press, UK 2007; US$ 60.00The Norwegian language has undergone considerable change in the last 180 years, and in this book Gjert Kristoffersen considers the abundant evidence in order to provide us with an original analysis of the ways in which the sounds and meanings of competing languages may change and evolve. - ;This is a comprehensive account of the phonetic and phonological... more...
The Acquisition of Word Order
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2009; US$ 149.00Within a new model of language acquisition, this book discusses verb second (V2) word order in situations where there is variation in the input. While traditional generative accounts consider V2 to be a parameter, this study shows that, in many languages, this word order is dependent on fine distinctions in syntax and information structure. Thus, within... more...
Verbal Prepositions and Argument Structure
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2008; US$ 173.00This book investigates different types of verb-PP combinations and examines the types of meanings which arise when the argument structure of the PP fuses with the verbal argument structure. Focussing mainly on data from Norwegian, the book investigates three different empirical domains of PP-VP combinations and concludes that the arising interpretations... more...
Festschrift für Karl Schneider
John Benjamins Publishing Company 1982; US$ 225.00This volume is in honour of Karl Schneider and covers the wide spectrum of Schneider?s own interests: Part I covers runology ( Elmer H. Antonsen, Hans Schwartz, Winfred P. Lehmann ); The second part deals with indogermanics, etymology and lexicography ( Edgard C. Polomé, Fritz W. Schulze, Kurt R. Jankowsky, Rosemarie Lieber, Ernst S. Dick, Rudolf Schützeichel,... more...
Exploring Newspaper Language
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2012; US$ 149.00This book describes new methodological and technological approaches to corpus building and presents recent research based on the Norwegian Newspaper Corpus. This is a large monitor corpus of contemporary Norwegian language, compiled through daily harvesting of web newspapers. The book gives an overview of the corpus and its system architecture, and... more...
The Norwegian Language in the Digital Age
Springer 2012; US$ 54.99This white paper is part of a series that promotes knowledge about language technology and its potential. It addresses educators, journalists, politicians, language communities and others. The availability and use of language technology in Europe varies between languages. Consequently, the actions that are required to further support research and development... more...
A Phonetically-Motivated Phonological Analysis of Syllable Weight and Stress in the Norwegian Language
The Edwin Mellen Press 2010; US$ 149.95This study advances a theory of weight in which a syllable shape in a given position is only heavy if it, on average, is sufficiently proportionally longer than a CV (consonant-vowel) in the same position. While the analysis of weight is consistent with the basic tenets of moraic theory, a departure is made from standard moraic theory which takes moras... more...
Linksverschachtelung im Deutschen und Norwegischen
De Gruyter 1983; US$ 126.00Linksverschachtelung im Deutschen und Norwegischen: Eine kontrastive Untersuchung zur Satzverschränkung und Infinitivverschränkung in der deutschen ... Gegenwartssprache (Linguistische Arbeiten) more...









