A COGNITIVE APPROACH TO GENERICITY IN NORWEGIAN - ANNA KUREK-PRZYBILSKI

Discover a fascinating analysis of the Norwegian language through the lens of cognitive science. This book is not only a grammatical study but also a journey into the thinking about categories and types in language. Ideal for linguistics students, linguists, and anyone interested in the Norwegian language and its specifics.

• Comprehensive analysis of genericity in Norwegian
• Cognitive approach combining theoretical models and statistical tests
• Rich research material including surveys and a specialized corpus of texts
• Language analysis based on intuitions and the use of native Norwegian speakers
• Use of models by Radden and Radden and Driven, adapted to the specifics of the Norwegian language
• Review by Prof. Agnieszka Gicala

Anna Kurek-Przybilski's book is a comprehensive analysis of genericity in Norwegian, which combines the cognitive approach with other analysis models and the results of statistical tests. The cognitive perspective on generics, proposed and implemented in the project, allows for an interesting analysis of linguistic data, which is additionally supported by statistical analyzes.

The study is based on an extensive dataset. An advantage is the fact that the selected data focuses on the actual use of language and linguistic intuitions, collected through surveys and provided by carefully selected respondents, native Norwegian speakers. In addition, the analyzes were based on a set of generic texts selected specifically for this purpose.

The specialist corpus created by the author was very thoughtful, both in terms of text genres (encyclopedic texts) and the classification of texts. As a result, the author was able to use the models proposed by Radden and Radden and Driven, and develop them further to adapt them to the Norwegian language, taking into account its specifics.