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dc.contributor.authorLohndal, Terje
dc.contributor.authorWestergaard, Marit
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-18T09:14:57Z
dc.date.available2016-03-18T09:14:57Z
dc.date.issued2016-03-16
dc.description.abstractThis 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
dc.descriptionThis Document is Protected by copyright and was first published by Frontiers. All rights reserved. it is reproduced with permissionen_US
dc.identifier.citationFrontiers in Psychology 2016en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1345440
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00344
dc.identifier.issn1664-1078
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/9031
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_8607
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherFrontiers Mediaen_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.subjectacquisitionen_US
dc.subjectAmerican Norwegianen_US
dc.subjectdeclension classen_US
dc.subjectgenderen_US
dc.subjectheritage languageen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humaniora: 000::Språkvitenskapelige fag: 010en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humanities: 000::Linguistics: 010en_US
dc.titleGrammatical Gender in American Norwegian Heritage Language: Stability or Attrition?en_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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