Preface |
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Symbols and abbreviations |
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Introduction: What is Norwegian? |
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8 | (61) |
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8 | (3) |
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11 | (9) |
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1.3 Miscellaneous points of gender |
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20 | (5) |
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1.4 Plural noun forms -- the declensions |
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25 | (15) |
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1.5 Nouns with no plural form or no singular form, collective nouns and nouns expressing quantity |
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40 | (4) |
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1.6 Differences in number between English and Norwegian |
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44 | (1) |
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45 | (1) |
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46 | (6) |
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1.9 The form of the indefinite article |
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52 | (1) |
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1.10 The form of the definite article |
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53 | (6) |
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1.11 The use of the indefinite and definite article and the noun without article |
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59 | (10) |
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69 | (48) |
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69 | (13) |
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2.2 The indefinite (strong) declension |
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82 | (9) |
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2.3 The definite declension |
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91 | (8) |
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99 | (5) |
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2.5 Comparison of adjectives (gradation) |
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104 | (13) |
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117 | (18) |
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117 | (5) |
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122 | (5) |
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127 | (2) |
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129 | (1) |
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130 | (2) |
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132 | (3) |
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Chapter 4 Pronouns and determiners |
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135 | (68) |
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135 | (1) |
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135 | (18) |
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153 | (9) |
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162 | (5) |
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4.5 Reflexive (and related) pronouns |
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167 | (6) |
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173 | (15) |
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4.7 Indefinite pronouns and evasion strategies |
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188 | (3) |
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4.8 Interrogative pronouns |
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191 | (6) |
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4.9 Other pronouns and determiners |
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197 | (6) |
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203 | (93) |
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203 | (2) |
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205 | (19) |
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5.3 The use of the verb forms |
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224 | (33) |
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257 | (12) |
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5.5 Transitive, intransitive and reflexive verbs |
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269 | (6) |
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5.6 -s forms of the verb and the passive |
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275 | (7) |
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282 | (7) |
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289 | (7) |
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296 | (24) |
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296 | (1) |
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297 | (8) |
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305 | (7) |
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6.4 Location and movement |
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312 | (1) |
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313 | (7) |
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320 | (39) |
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320 | (4) |
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7.2 Prepositions and adverbs |
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324 | (1) |
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7.3 Notes on some common simplex prepositions |
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325 | (15) |
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7.4 Some morphologically compound prepositions |
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340 | (2) |
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7.5 Some common multi-word prepositions |
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342 | (5) |
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7.6 From English to Norwegian -- prepositions of time |
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347 | (8) |
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355 | (4) |
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359 | (9) |
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359 | (1) |
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8.2 Response particles: ja, jo, nei |
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360 | (3) |
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8.3 Expressions of feeling, exclamations |
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363 | (1) |
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364 | (2) |
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8.5 Onomatopoetic expressions and expletives |
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366 | (1) |
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367 | (1) |
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Chapter 9 Conjunctions and subjunctions |
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368 | (23) |
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368 | (5) |
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373 | (4) |
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377 | (6) |
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383 | (2) |
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9.5 Some problem conjunctions and subjunctions |
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385 | (6) |
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Chapter 10 Sentence structure and word order |
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391 | (63) |
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391 | (1) |
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392 | (9) |
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401 | (10) |
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10.4 The order of clause elements |
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411 | (6) |
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10.5 Differences between main clause and subordinate clause positions |
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417 | (1) |
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10.6 Order within positions |
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417 | (6) |
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10.7 Main clause transformations |
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423 | (12) |
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435 | (8) |
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443 | (6) |
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449 | (5) |
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Chapter 11 Word formation |
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454 | (37) |
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454 | (4) |
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458 | (11) |
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469 | (16) |
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485 | (6) |
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491 | (18) |
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491 | (2) |
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493 | (5) |
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12.3 Upper-case and lower-case letters |
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498 | (6) |
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504 | (5) |
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509 | (13) |
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509 | (10) |
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519 | (1) |
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520 | (2) |
Appendix 1 Linguistic terms |
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522 | (9) |
Appendix 2 English-Norwegian and Norwegian-English linguistic terms |
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Bibliography |
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Index |
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