Noun Phrases

Abstract

There is extensive variation in the structure of noun phrases across varieties of North Germanic. This has been extensively documented and researched in a number of publications, see e.g. Lundeby (1965), Delsing (1993), Holmberg (1994), Vangsnes (1999), Vangsnes et al. (2003), Julien (2005a), Dahl (2010) and references cited therein. Some of the best known variation pertains to the marking of definiteness and the position and syntax of possessors, including their interaction with definiteness. The topics displayed in the chapters here in NALS include previously less known issues, but before introducing them, we will briefly go through some of the broad aspects of Nordic noun phrase syntax, in particular definiteness marking and possessor constructions.