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    STUDIA PHILOLOGIA - Issue no. 2 / 2023  
         
  Article:   WEAK AND STRONG ADJECTIVES IN OLD NORSE: AN EXAMINATION OF KONUNGS SKUGGSJÁ.

Authors:  TERJE WAGENER.
 
       
         
  Abstract:  DOI: 10.24193/subbphilo.2023.2.01

Article history: Received 2 February 2023; Revised 28 April 2023; Accepted 30 May 2023; Available online 23 June 2023; Available print 30 June 2023
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Abstract: Weak and Strong Adjectives in Old Norse: An Examination of Konungs skuggsjá. All early Germanic languages distinguish between a weak and a strong adjectival declension. This contrast is traditionally described in terms of definiteness, the strong declension expressing indefinite reference and the weak one definite reference. Such a description, however, might be more suitable with regard to Modern Scandinavian languages than to Old Norse (and other early Germanic languages), where the strong declension is found in a number of contexts where in Modern Norwegian only the weak one is acceptable, for instance with certain demonstratives and in noun phrases with possessives. This article takes a look at the Old Norse didactic work Konungs skuggsjá and examines various contexts that unambiguously require the weak declension in Modern Norwegian: demonstratives, possessives, proper nouns, vocatives and others. The role and referential properties of the determiners and hinn are given special focus.

Keywords: weak adjectives, strong adjectives, Old Norse, Konungs skuggsjá, determiners
 
         
     
         
         
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