A Cognitive Approach to Genericity in Norwegian - Paperback

by Anna Kurek-Przybilski (Author)

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 Norwegian.

Author Biography

Anna Kurek-Przybilski has a PhD in linguistics. She defended her dissertation in 2020 at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. She is interested in the cognitive approach to definiteness and pragmatic particles in Scandinavian languages.