title: OMISSION OF THE ARTICLE BEFORE PREDICATIVE NOUNS FOR PROFESSION, OCCUPATION ETC. IN NORWEGIAN
metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Vorobyeva, Evgenia
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2017-12-15T10:44:52Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2017-12-15T10:44:52Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2017-06
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.other
metadata.value: 10.21638/11701/spbu21.2017.101
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/8738
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The paper considers reasons for omission of the indefinite article with predicative nouns
  for profession, occupation, nationality and others in the Norwegian language. There
  is a rule in Norwegian grammar prescribing the omission of the indefinite article in
  sentences of the following type: Tor er norsklærer. — ‘Tor is a teacher of Norwegian’.
  Though, reference books on Norwegian grammar do not provide any explanation
  for this phenomenon. These types of nouns are analyzed in terms of the relationship
  between their meaning and denotation, i.e. if they belong to identifying nouns (rigid
  designators) or predicative nouns (non-rigid, or flaccid designators). Typical rigid
  designators are proper names and nouns for natural objects like lemon, tiger, gold etc.
  A typical flaccid designator is student — this noun denotes a class that an object can
  either belong or not belong to. The semantic opposition of those two types of designators
  is reflected in their functions: flaccid designators can take predicative positions,
  while rigid designators can only be used to denote an object or a class of objects. A conclusion
  is made, that those nouns are flexible designators, and as such designators, in
  a predicative position they rather represent an object’s feature than an object itself, and
  consequently, the use of article is not needed. This conclusion can be used for contrastive
  studies for English language which requires an indefinite article in sentences of
  a similar type. Further, the nouns in question are shown as capable of being rigid designators
  and therefore take the positions of a sentence’s subject or taxonomic predicate.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Scandinavian Philology;Volume 15; Issue 1
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: article
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: article omission
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: predicative
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: rigid designator
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: non-rigid designator
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Norwegian
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: OMISSION OF THE ARTICLE BEFORE PREDICATIVE NOUNS FOR PROFESSION, OCCUPATION ETC. IN NORWEGIAN
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.type
metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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