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Bachelor thesis . 2025
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Partitives and Pseudo-partitives: A Comparative Study of English and Norwegian

Authors: Hedman, Ida Emilie Løge;

Partitives and Pseudo-partitives: A Comparative Study of English and Norwegian

Abstract

Denne bacheloroppgaven tar for seg partitives og pseudo-partitives i engelsk og norsk og forskjellen mellom disse to språkene. Partitives og pseudo-partitives kan bli definert som to nominelle elementer som blir separert av of, av eller med der det første nominelle elementet betegner et medlem, delmengde, eller del av et sett, en mengde eller en enhet som det andre elementet referer til. Det andre nominelle elementet må være i bestemt form i en partitive og i ubestemt form i en pseudo-partitive. Norsk og engelsk har ulike måter å uttrykke bestemthet på. Preposisjonen utgjør også en forskjell mellom de to språkene. I den norske pseudo-partitive så kan preposisjonen bli utelatt i visse tilfeller. I engelske pseudo-partitives er preposisjonen alltid obligatorisk, med visse unntak. Denne bacheloroppgaven foreslår to hypoteser for å forklare hvorfor preposisjonen noen ganger kan bli utelatt i norsk, mens den alltid er obligatorisk i engelsk.

This thesis discusses partitives and pseudo-partitives in both English and Norwegian and the difference between the two languages. Partitives and pseudo-partitives can be defined as two nominal elements separated by of, av or med in which the first element denotes a member, subset or part of the set, substance or entity which the second element refers to. The second nominal element in a partitive construction is definite while it is indefinite in a pseudo-partitive. Norwegian and English differ in the way in which definiteness is expressed. They also differ because of the preposition. In a Norwegian pseudo-partitive the preposition is, in certain cases, optional, and will therefore not be included. In English pseudo-partitives, the preposition is always mandatory, with some exceptions. This thesis suggests two hypotheses in an effort to explain the optionality of the preposition in Norwegian and its obligatoriness in English.

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