Leiv Egil Breivik

List of John Benjamins publications for which Leiv Egil Breivik plays a role.

Articles

The present investigation is a continuation and extension of our previous work on Norwegian opp/ned (‘up/down’) metaphors; cf. Swan & Breivik (2005) and Swan (2010). The investigation will be conducted within the framework of cognitive linguistics. Our primary concern will be with Norwegian opp/ned… read more
In an influential paper, Fox & Thompson (1990) argue that the grammar of relative clauses in spoken American English is affected by interactive and cognitive factors pertaining to the communication situation. Existential sentences containing a relative clause as well as an overt locative… read more
Breivik, Leiv Egil 2003 Old English þa revisitedLanguage and Function: To the memory of Jan Firbas, Hladký, Josef (ed.), pp. 39–55 | Article