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Scandinavian gender and pancake sentences: A reply to Hans-Olav Enger

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 November 2014

Gunlög Josefsson
Gunlög Josefsson*
Affiliation:
Centre for Languages and Literature, Lund University, Box 201, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden. [email protected]
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Abstract

In a recent NJL article (Enger 2013), Hans-Olav Enger argues against some analyses of gender and ‘pancake sentences’, in particular against Josefsson (2009). In this short contribution, I will discuss what I take to be misunderstandings in Enger (2013). In addition I will discuss some data not included in Enger's (2013) analysis, which I will show to be crucial for the comparison between the different analyses proposed.

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common gendercountableformal gendernon-countableneuterpancake sentencessemantic gender
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Short Communication
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Nordic Journal of Linguistics , Volume 37 , Issue 3 , December 2014 , pp. 431 - 449
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Copyright © Nordic Association of Linguistics 2014 

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