Life at the intersection: The lateral relations of han mannen, mannen, and den mannen
Bloom B (2023)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Book chapter / Article in edited volumes
Publication year: 2023
Publisher: John Benjamins
Edited Volumes: Constructional Approaches to Nordic Languages
Series: Constructional Approaches to Language
City/Town: Amsterdam
Book Volume: 37
Pages Range: 24-54
DOI: 10.1075/cal.37.02blo
Abstract
In colloquial Norwegian, han ‘he’ and hun ‘she’ can occur as a determiner with common nouns with human reference (e.g., han mannen, lit. ‘he man-the’). This study investigates the lateral relations of this construction (henceforth: han mannen) and two other definite-referring constructions with human reference: noun phrases that contain the adnominal determiner den (i.e., den mannen) and those that realize definiteness by a suffixed article (i.e., mannen). The study argues that han mannen lives at the intersection of these two constructions, i.e., that it is motivated by two constructions to which it is laterally related. The lateral relations between the constructions are evaluated by random forests, variable importance measures, and partial dependence plots.
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APA:
Bloom, B. (2023). Life at the intersection: The lateral relations of han mannen, mannen, and den mannen. In Evie Coussé, Steffen Höder, Benjamin Lyngfelt, Julia Prentice (Eds.), Constructional Approaches to Nordic Languages. (pp. 24-54). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
MLA:
Bloom, Barthe. "Life at the intersection: The lateral relations of han mannen, mannen, and den mannen." Constructional Approaches to Nordic Languages. Ed. Evie Coussé, Steffen Höder, Benjamin Lyngfelt, Julia Prentice, Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2023. 24-54.
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