The conjugation of weak verbs with short-vowel stems ending in nasals and laterals in Norwegian (Bokmål) and Danish Cover Image

Спрежение на слабите глаголи с основа на двойна сонорна (назална и латерална) съгласна в норвежки (букмол) и датски
The conjugation of weak verbs with short-vowel stems ending in nasals and laterals in Norwegian (Bokmål) and Danish

Author(s): Maria Bakalova
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Morphology, Comparative Linguistics, Descriptive linguistics
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: Norwegian; Danish; weak verbs; conjugation; sonorant consonants

Summary/Abstract: The present article compares the conjugation patterns of weak verbs ending in stem-final geminate sonorant (nasal and lateral) consonants -/m(ː)/-, -/n(ː)/-, /ŋ(ː)/-, -/l(ː)/- in Norwegian (Bokmål) and Danish. A corpus study is conducted whose results show that the phonologically conditioned generalization of the 1st conjugation pattern in verb stems containing a short vowel is prevalent in both languages also when the stem-final consonant is a nasal or lateral. Danish, however, demonstrates a stronger prevalence of this generalization than Norwegian, which leads to some cases of differing conjugation of cognate weak verbs in these two languages.

  • Issue Year: 1/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 9-21
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Bulgarian