The Diachrony of Definiteness in North Germanic

This book is an account of the rise of definite and indefinite articles in Danish, Swedish and Icelandic, as documented in a choice of extant texts from 1200-1550. These three North Germanic languages show different development patterns in the rise of articles, despite the common origin, but each re...

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Main Author: Skrzypek, Dominika (auth)
Other Authors: Piotrowska, Alicja (auth), Jaworski, Rafał (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Brill 2021
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