TY - BOOK AU - Halmøy,Madeleine TI - The Norwegian Nominal System: A Neo-Saussurean Perspective T2 - Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] , SN - 9783110339635 AV - PD2648.3 .H35 2016 U1 - 439.8/255 23 PY - 2016///] CY - Berlin, Boston PB - De Gruyter Mouton KW - Norwegian language KW - Grammar KW - Morphology KW - Nominals KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General KW - bisacsh KW - Neo-Saussurean Theory KW - Norwegian N1 - Frontmatter --; Acknowledgements --; Table of contents --; Abbreviations --; List of tables, figures and grammatical definitions --; 1. Introduction --; 2. Theoretical, empirical and methodological foundations --; 3. Norwegian nouns and adjectives --; 4. Nominal function words --; 5. Syntax – combinatorial and syntactically complex signs --; 6. Concluding remarks --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - This study presents a unified, economic account of the intricate relationship between form, meaning and interpretation in the Norwegian nominal system – without reference to polysemy. It covers all kinds of nominal signs, i.e. nouns, adjectives, pronouns and determiners, as well as the conventionalised syntactic combinations between them. Among its central innovations is the introduction of the feature general number into Norwegian morphology UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110363425 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110363425 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110363425/original ER -