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Norwegian og and å – a Cognitive View

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2008

Rolf Theil Endresen
Rolf Theil Endresen
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Department of Linguistics, University of Oslo, PO Box 1102 Blindern, N-0317 Oslo, Norway. Email: r.t.endresen@ilf.uio.no
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Abstract

Written Norwegian has two words, the co-ordinating conjunction og and the infinitive marker å, both of which are pronounced [o] in Spoken Norwegian. In this paper, an attempt is made to show that [o] in Spoken Norwegian constitutes a single polysemous word. Furthermore, it is argued that Spoken Norwegian [o], in all its usages and meanings, is a descendant of Old Norse ok “and”, while the Old Norse infinitive marker at has not survived in Spoken Norwegian.

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Nordic Journal of Linguistics , Volume 18 , Issue 2: Special issue on COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS , December 1995 , pp. 201 - 218
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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