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On islands in the sea: Swedish preposition usage with island nations
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In Swedish, the standard locative preposition to use with independent nations is i (‘in’; (e.g. Jag är i Sverige ‘I am in Sweden’). However, the preposition på (‘on’) is used with areas (partially) surrounded by water – i.e. islands/peninsulas (e.g. Jag är på ön ‘I am on the island’) – cf. Teleman et al. (2010), Salö (2010). Thus, when referring to locations that are simultaneously islands and (s…
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