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

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

How to Cite

Nau, N. (2011). Relative clauses in narrative fiction. Findings from a parallel text in Swedish, German, Latvian, Polish and English. Folia Scandinavica Posnaniensia, 12, 181–195. Retrieved from https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/fsp/article/view/3649

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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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