Konverbale konstruksjoner med presens partisipp i norsk

The aim of this article is to analyse the use of the present participle (V-ende) in Norwegian withregard to recent typological studies of converbs. Linguistic scientific literature in Norway hastraditionally not considered the present participle a non-finite verb form. The article will showthat the present participle in certain constructions in Norwegian can be interpreted as a non-finiteverb form that mark adverbial subordination, and, according to existing classification criteriathese present participle constructions may be defined as converbs or converb-like constructions.Examples from recent Norwegian fiction will show that it is possible to find such constructionsin Norwegian written language. However, this type of construction has many limitationsin Norwegian, and the present participle used as a non-finite verb form exists only for a verylimited number of verbs.