dc.contributor.author | Lohndal, Terje | |
dc.contributor.author | Westergaard, Marit | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-03-18T09:14:57Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-03-18T09:14:57Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-03-16 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper investigates possible attrition/change in the gender system of Norwegian
heritage language spoken in America. Based on data from 50 speakers in the Corpus of
American Norwegian Speech (CANS), we show that the three-gender system is to some
extent retained, although considerable overgeneralization of the masculine (the most
frequent gender) is attested. This affects both feminine and neuter gender forms, while
declension class markers such as the definite suffix remain unaffected. We argue that the
gender category is vulnerable due to the lack of transparency of gender assignment in
Norwegian. Furthermore, unlike incomplete acquisition, which may result in a somewhat
different or reduced gender system, attrition is more likely to lead to general erosion,
eventually leading to complete loss of gender. | en_US |
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dc.identifier.citation | Frontiers in Psychology 2016 | en_US |
dc.identifier.cristinID | FRIDAID 1345440 | |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00344 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1664-1078 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10037/9031 | |
dc.identifier.urn | URN:NBN:no-uit_munin_8607 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Frontiers Media | en_US |
dc.rights.accessRights | openAccess | |
dc.subject | acquisition | en_US |
dc.subject | American Norwegian | en_US |
dc.subject | declension class | en_US |
dc.subject | gender | en_US |
dc.subject | heritage language | en_US |
dc.subject | VDP::Humaniora: 000::Språkvitenskapelige fag: 010 | en_US |
dc.subject | VDP::Humanities: 000::Linguistics: 010 | en_US |
dc.title | Grammatical Gender in American Norwegian Heritage Language: Stability or Attrition? | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.type | Tidsskriftartikkel | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |