Relative clauses in narrative fiction. Findings from a parallel text in Swedish, German, Latvian, Polish and English

• Authors: Nicole Nau
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

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Keywords

EN

relative clause; clause combining; Polish; Swedish; Latvian; zdanie względne; zdanie złożone; język polski; język szwedzki; język łotewski

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Folia Scandinavica Posnaniensia
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 12
• Pages: 181-195

Dates

published

2011-01-01

Contributors

author

Nicole Nau

• Adam Mickiewicz University in Poland

References

• SOURCES
• Henning Mankell: Hundarna i Riga. Stockholm: Ordfront Förlag 1992 (Paperback edition 1998).
• English translation by Laurie Thompson: The Dogs of Riga. London: Vintage Books 2004.
• German translation by Barbara Sirges and Paul Berf: Hunde von Riga. Überarbeitete Neuausgabe. München: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag 2000.
• Latvian translation by Mudīte Treimane: Suņi Rīgā. Rīga: Atēna 2001.
• Polish translation by Grażyna Ludvigsson: Psy z Rygi. Warszawa: W.A.B. 2007.
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