Norwegian · A Comprehensive Grammar by Philip Holmes,Hans-Olav Enger -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Copyright Contents Preface Symbols and abbreviations Introduction: What is Norwegian? Chapter 1 Nouns

1.1 Introduction 1.2 An outline of gender 1.3 Miscellaneous points of gender 1.4 Plural noun forms – the declensions 1.5 Nouns with no plural form or no singular form, collective nouns and nouns expressing quantity 1.6 Differences in number between English and Norwegian 1.7 Noun homonyms 1.8 The genitive 1.9 The form of the indefinite article 1.10 The form of the definite article 1.11 The use of the indefinite and definite article and the noun without article

Chapter 2 Adjectives

2.1 Form and order 2.2 The indefinite (strong) declension 2.3 The definite declension 2.4 Adjectival nouns 2.5 Comparison of adjectives (gradation)

Chapter 3 Numerals

3.1 Forms of numerals 3.2 Cardinal numbers 3.3 Ordinal numbers 3.4 Fractions 3.5 Dates 3.6 Telling the time

Chapter 4 Pronouns and determiners

4.1 Introduction 4.2 Personal pronouns 4.3 Determiners 4.4 Possessives 4.5 Reflexive (and related) pronouns 4.6 Quantifiers 4.7 Indefinite pronouns and evasion strategies 4.8 Interrogative pronouns 4.9 Other pronouns and determiners

Chapter 5 Verbs

5.1 Introduction 5.2 Conjugations 5.3 The use of the verb forms 5.4 Mood and modality 5.5 Transitive, intransitive and reflexive verbs 5.6 –s forms of the verb and the passive 5.7 Compound verbs 5.8 Some problem verbs

Chapter 6 Adverbs

6.1 Introduction 6.2 Meaning and function 6.3 Form 6.4 Location and movement 6.5 Translating adverbs

Chapter 7 Prepositions

7.1 Introduction 7.2 Prepositions and adverbs 7.3 Notes on some common simplex prepositions 7.4 Some morphologically compound prepositions 7.5 Some common multi-word prepositions 7.6 From English to Norwegian – prepositions of time 7.7 English ‘of’

Chapter 8 Interjections

8.1 Introduction 8.2 Response particles: ja, jo, nei 8.3 Expressions of feeling, exclamations 8.4 Polite expressions 8.5 Onomatopoetic expressions and expletives 8.6 Other interjections

Chapter 9 Conjunctions and subjunctions

9.1 Introduction 9.2 Conjunctions 9.3 Subjunctions 9.4 Other subordinators 9.5 Some problem conjunctions and subjunctions

Chapter 10 Sentence structure and word order

10.1 Introduction 10.2 Phrases 10.3 Clause elements 10.4 The order of clause elements 10.5 Differences between main clause and subordinate clause positions 10.6 Order within positions 10.7 Main clause transformations 10.8 Subordinate clauses 10.9 Emphasis 10.10 Ellipsis

Chapter 11 Word formation

11.1 Introduction 11.2 Compounding 11.3 Derivation 11.4 Other patterns

Chapter 12 Orthography

12.1 Symbols and sounds 12.2 Spelling 12.3 Upper-case and lower-case letters 12.4 Miscellaneous

Chapter 13 Punctuation

13.1 Introduction 13.2 Addresses 13.3 Dates and times

Appendix 1: Linguistic terms Appendix 2: English-Norwegian and Norwegian-English linguistic terms Bibliography Index