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View article: From ‘remain’ to ‘become’: the history of <i>bliva</i> in Swedish
From ‘remain’ to ‘become’: the history of <i>bliva</i> in Swedish Open
In Old Swedish, the verb varda ‘become’ was used both as a copula and as a passive auxiliary. During the 1300s, a period of close contact with Middle Low German, the verb blîven ‘remain’ was borrowed into Swedish as bliva . Despite the dif…
View article: Early stages of periphrastic passive formation in Old Swedish
Early stages of periphrastic passive formation in Old Swedish Open
This article discusses the construction [SBJ varda PTCP], which is considered an early example of a periphrastic passive, in the extant Old Swedish legal texts. It has been argued that it is a nascent passive construction, different from t…
View article: Alienability Splits in Swedish from a Diachronic Perspective
Alienability Splits in Swedish from a Diachronic Perspective Open
The paper discusses possessive expressions with body-part nouns in Swedish (1300–1550) with particular focus on the so-called alienability splits, i.e., separate patterns of marking possession for alienable and inalienable entities. The ke…
View article: The present participle and gender assignment in Swedish
The present participle and gender assignment in Swedish Open
The paper considers gender assignment of deverbal nouns, originally present participles, in Swedish. The perspective is diachronic. The corpus consists of a choice of Swedish texts from 1225-1732. The results show that nouns denoting entit…
View article: Animacy, Anaphora and Language Change in Swedish
Animacy, Anaphora and Language Change in Swedish Open
This paper considers the role of animacy in the overt marking of indirect anaphors, i.e., noun phrases (NP), which introduce new discourse referents, that are grounded in the preceding discourse by means of a grounding element, an anchor. …
View article: Familiar vs. unique in a diachronic perspective. Case study of the rise of the definite article in North Germanic
Familiar vs. unique in a diachronic perspective. Case study of the rise of the definite article in North Germanic Open
The aim of the present study is to follow the development of the suffixed definite article in North Germanic, in particular taking into account the unique reference expressed by the nascent article. The study is based on the corpora of Old…
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Introduction Open
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Sources Open
View article: Sources, Methods and Tools
Sources, Methods and Tools Open
View article: Reference in Discourse and Models of Article Grammaticalization
Reference in Discourse and Models of Article Grammaticalization Open
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Preliminary Material Open
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Discussion and Conclusions Open
View article: Grammaticalization Models Revisited—A Qualitative Analysis
Grammaticalization Models Revisited—A Qualitative Analysis Open
View article: The Diachrony of (In)definiteness—A Quantitative Study
The Diachrony of (In)definiteness—A Quantitative Study Open
View article: The Diachrony of Definiteness in North Germanic
The Diachrony of Definiteness in North Germanic Open
This book is an account of the rise of definite and indefinite articles in Danish, Swedish and Icelandic, as documented in a choice of extant texts from 1200-1550. These three North Germanic languages show different development patterns in…
View article: The Use of Passive Voice in Academic Writing
The Use of Passive Voice in Academic Writing Open
The paper studies the use of the passive voice in academic texts written in Mainland Scandinavian languages (Danish, Norwegian and Swedish) by their native speakers and by adult Polish learners of those languages. The corpus consists of 37…
View article: Inalienable Possession in Swedish and Danish – A Diachronic Perspective
Inalienable Possession in Swedish and Danish – A Diachronic Perspective Open
In this paper we discuss the alienability splits in two Mainland Scandinavian languages, Swedish and Danish, in a diachronic context. Although it is not universally acknowledged that such splits exist in modern Scandinavian languages, many…
View article: LITERARY TRANSLATIONS AS MATERIAL IN LINGUISTIC STUDIES. THE AIM OF A PARALLEL SCANDINAVIAN-POLISH TEXT CORPUS
LITERARY TRANSLATIONS AS MATERIAL IN LINGUISTIC STUDIES. THE AIM OF A PARALLEL SCANDINAVIAN-POLISH TEXT CORPUS Open
In this paper, we discuss the possible composition, functions and aims of a parallel
\nScandinavian-Polish and Polish-Scandinavian text corpus. We begin by showing
\nhow different fields such as translation studies and contrastive grammar …
View article: Om possessiva adjektiv i polskan och svenskan
Om possessiva adjektiv i polskan och svenskan Open
The article discusses possessive adjectives in Polish (derived from nouns and used to mark possession), their structure and functional scope as well as diachrony, and contrasts them with similar formations in Swedish. Adjectives derived fr…
View article: Nordiska ordaccenter ur andraspråksperspektiv
Nordiska ordaccenter ur andraspråksperspektiv Open