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- Olofsson, Arne, 1943
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A monolingual vocabulary check-up
- 2018
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In: Lingua. - 0023-6330. ; 2018:4, s. 31-34
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Journal article (other academic/artistic)abstract
- The article contains a monolingual multiple-choice English vocabulary test and a presentation of some key features of the background of the test type.
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- Olofsson, Arne, 1943
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”De statliga vägar med många olyckor” – en ny(gammal) determinativstruktur i svenskan?
- 2015
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In: Språk & Stil. - 1101-1165. ; NF 25, s. 181-186
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In present-day Swedish, definiteness is signalled by a suffix if the noun is unmodified. If the noun is premodified, both a suffix and a definite determiner are used. If the noun is postmodified by a restrictive relative clause, a cataphoric determiner on its own signals definiteness and the suffix is not used, at least in formal style. The present article exemplifies and discusses a contemporary non-standard form where the classic determinative structure, without a suffix on the antecedent, is used in spite of the fact that the postmodifier is not a relative clause but a prepositional phrase. In a brief historical survey, it is demonstrated that this (now) unorthodox form is not a novelty but has been in use for at least 500 years.
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- Olofsson, Arne, 1943
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Det var inte Ingo som gav oss Zingo
- 2016
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In: Språktidningen. - 1654-5028. ; 2016:3
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Journal article (other academic/artistic)abstract
- A brief contribution that questions the popular belief that there is a direct link between the name of a soft drink "Zingo" and the nickname "Ingo" for Ingemar Johansson, the Swedish boxing champion.
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- Olofsson, Arne, 1943
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EVERY 3 in OED: A grammatically neglected determiner (or two)
- 2016
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In: Nordic Journal of English Studies. - : University of Gothenburg - Department of Languages and Literatures. - 1654-6970. ; 15:2, s. 39-46
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- It is not unusual for grammar books to treat the determiner every as having one function only, viz. that of more or less parallelling each, disregarding cases such as There is every reason and I wish you every happiness. The present article is an attempt to redress the balance by critically assessing presentations in some of the major grammar books and in the canonical set of five dictionaries for learners. The end result is a tentative description of three different uses of every, EVERYeach, EVERYpossible and EVERYcomplete.
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- Olofsson, Arne, 1943
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Nej, Maria var ingen piga
- 2016
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In: Språktidningen. - 1654-5028. ; 2016:2
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Journal article (other academic/artistic)abstract
- A brief note to correct statments in an article in the same journal on "Jungfru Marie nyckelpiga", the Swedish word for ladybird/ladybug.
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- Olofsson, Arne, 1943
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Språkliga tankar. Att få en italiensk text att stikka ut
- 2015
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In: LMS-Lingua. - 0023-6330. ; 2015:3, s. 38-39
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Journal article (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Using as its starting-point an instance of unorthodox Italian spelling, the article gives examples of the use of rare or "exotic" letters to embellish a text or raise its status. (The unorthodox Swedish spelling -kk- in the title of the article alludes to one of the examples given.)
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- Olofsson, Arne, 1943
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Svensk TYP är inte unik
- 2016
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In: Språktidningen. - 1654-5028. ; 2016:1, s. 58-62
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Journal article (other academic/artistic)abstract
- The article demonstrates that the grammaticalisation of Swedish "typ" from noun to preposition/adverb is parallelled in Italian.
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- Olofsson, Arne, 1943
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Swedish
- 2015
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In: Edinburgh Handbook of Evaluative Morphology / edited by Nicola Grandi and Livia Kortvelyessy. - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press. - 978 0 7486 8174 7 ; , s. 306-309
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)abstract
- The chapter notes the weak position in Swedish of suffixes with the function of creating augmentatives, diminutives and hypocorisms. It goes on to describe how the semantic concepts involved are handled in alternative ways, mainly compounding, bordering on prefixation..
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- Olofsson, Arne, 1943
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The Oxford English Dictionary
- 2017
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In: Lexikon över lexikon. Insikt och handling 25. - : Hans Larsson Samfundet. - 0436-8096. - 9789163926570 ; , s. 67-68
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)abstract
- A brief account of the genesis of The Oxford English Dictionary, including its present state and ongoing revision.
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- Olofsson, Arne, 1943
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"Themself" – inte helt fel?
- 2017
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In: Lingua. - 0023-6330. ; 2017:4, s. 17-18
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Journal article (other academic/artistic)abstract
- The article exemplifies and discusses the unexpected form "themself", which used to have a strong position but is now restricted to highly spcialised contexts.
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