The Norwegian language in Argentina: A first look at heritage Norwegian in a new context
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https://doi.org/10.15845/bells.v14i1.4339Abstract
This paper presents preliminary observations of Norwegian as a heritage language (HL) in a contact situation that has largely gone unnoticed up until now: Argentina, where Spanish is the main contact language. We discuss some lexical, morphological, and syntactic properties of Argentine Norwegian, with Norwegian as a HL in North America as a comparative backdrop, and we point out directions for future research.
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