The Languages Of Scandinavia
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The Languages Of Scandinavia
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Author : Ruth H. Sanders
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2017-11-24
The Languages Of Scandinavia written by Ruth H. Sanders and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-24 with Foreign Language Study categories.
Introduction: Dead man talking -- Prologue to history -- Gemini, the twins: Faroese and Icelandic -- East is East: heralding the birth of Danish and Swedish -- The ties that bind: Finnish is visited by Swedish -- The black death comes for Norwegian: Danish makes a house call -- Faroese emerges -- Sámi, language of the far North: encounters with Norwegian, Swedish, and Finnish -- Epilogue: the seven sisters now and in the future
The Languages Of Scandinavia
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Author : Ruth H. Sanders
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2017-11-24
The Languages Of Scandinavia written by Ruth H. Sanders and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-24 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
“A much-needed, comprehensive, and accessible overview of the interrelationship among” Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Icelandic, Faroese, Finnish, and Sami (Ilmari Ivaska, Scandinavian Studies). From fjords to mountains, schools of herring to herds of reindeer, Scandinavia is rich in astonishing natural beauty. Less well known, however, is that it is also rich in languages. Home to seven languages, Scandinavia has traditionally been understood as linguistically bifurcated between its five Germanic languages (Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Icelandic, and Faroese) and its two Finno-Ugric ones (Finnish and Sámi). In The Languages of Scandinavia, Ruth H. Sanders takes a pioneering approach: she considers these Seven Sisters of the North together. While the two linguistic families that comprise Scandinavia’s languages ultimately have differing origins, the Seven Sisters have coexisted side by side for millennia. As Sanders reveals, a crisscrossing of names, territories, and even to some extent language genetics—intimate language contact—has created a body of shared culture, experience, and linguistic influences that is illuminated when the story of these seven languages is told as one. Exploring everything from the famed whalebone Lewis Chessmen of Norse origin to the interactions between the Black Death and the Norwegian language, The Languages of Scandinavia offers profound insight into languages with a cultural impact deep-rooted and far-reaching, from the Icelandic sagas to Swedish writer Stieg Larsson’s internationally popular Millennium trilogy. Sanders’s book is both an accessible work of linguistic scholarship and a fascinating intellectual history of language. “Focuses on contacts, colonialism, conflicts and causes of friction, and the resulting language developments from a macro perspective . . . a refreshing and pleasant read.” —Verena Höfig, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Minority Languages In Scandinavia Britain And Ireland
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Author : Ailbhe Ó Corráin
language : en
Publisher: ACTA Universitatis Upsaliensis
Release Date : 1998
Minority Languages In Scandinavia Britain And Ireland written by Ailbhe Ó Corráin and has been published by ACTA Universitatis Upsaliensis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
"This volume contains nine articles which taken together constitute a survey of the minority languages spoken in the Nordic Countries and the British Isles. The aim of the volume is to examine the languages in question from a sociolinguistic and linguistic point of view and to provide some insight into features which characterise minority languages in general."--ABSTRACT.
The Handbook Of Dialectology
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Author : Charles Boberg
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2018-01-04
The Handbook Of Dialectology written by Charles Boberg and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-04 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The Handbook of Dialectology provides an authoritative, up-to-date and unusually broad account of the study of dialect, in one volume. Each chapter reviews essential research, and offers a critical discussion of the past, present and future development of the area. The volume is based on state-of-the-art research in dialectology around the world, providing the most current work available with an unusually broad scope of topics Provides a practical guide to the many methodological and statistical issues surrounding the collection and analysis of dialect data Offers summaries of dialect variation in the world's most widely spoken and commonly studied languages, including several non-European languages that have traditionally received less attention in general discussions of dialectology Reviews the intellectual development of the field, including its main theoretical schools of thought and research traditions, both academic and applied The editors are well known and highly respected, with a deep knowledge of this vast field of inquiry
The Early Runic Language Of Scandinavia
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Author : Hans Frede Nielsen
language : en
Publisher: Universitatsverlag Winter
Release Date : 2000
The Early Runic Language Of Scandinavia written by Hans Frede Nielsen and has been published by Universitatsverlag Winter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Foreign Language Study categories.
The book investigates the dialectal status of the language of the older runic inscriptions of Scandinavia (AD 200-500) within a framework that encompasses all the early Germanic languages of north-western Europe. The dialect geographical results achieved are compared with the evidence provided by place-name scholarship and by the reports of the classical and post-classical historians as well as by archeological research.
A Lexicon Of Medieval Nordic Law
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Author : Jeffrey Love
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-06-10
A Lexicon Of Medieval Nordic Law written by Jeffrey Love and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-10 with Reference categories.
German
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Author : Ruth Sanders
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2010-06-17
German written by Ruth Sanders and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-17 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Thousands of years ago, seafront clans in Denmark began speaking the earliest form of Germanic language--the first of six "signal events" that Ruth Sanders highlights in this marvelous history of the German language. Blending linguistic, anthropological, and historical research, Sanders presents a brilliant biography of the language as it evolved across the millennia. She sheds light on the influence of such events as the bloody three-day Battle of Kalkriese, which permanently halted the incursion of both the Romans and the Latin language into northern Europe, and the publication of Martin Luther's German Bible translation, a "People's" Bible which in effect forged from a dozen spoken dialects a single German language. The narrative ranges through the turbulent Middle Ages, the spread of the printing press, the formation of the nineteenth-century German Empire which united the German-speaking territories north of the Alps, and Germany's twentieth-century military and cultural horrors. The book also covers topics such as the Gothic language (now extinct), the vast expansion of Germanic tribes during the Roman era, the role of the Vikings in spreading the Norse language, the branching off of Yiddish, the lasting impact of the Thirty Years War on the German psyche, the revolution of 1848, and much more. Ranging from prehistoric times to modern, post-war Germany, this engaging volume offers a fascinating account of the evolution of a major European language as well as a unique look at the history of the German people. It will appeal to everyone interested in German language, culture, or history.
The Cambridge History Of Scandinavia
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Author : Knut Helle
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2003-09-04
The Cambridge History Of Scandinavia written by Knut Helle and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-09-04 with History categories.
This volume presents a comprehensive exposition of both the prehistory and medieval history of the whole of Scandinavia. The first part of the volume surveys the prehistoric and historic Scandinavian landscape and its natural resources, and tells how man took possession of this landscape, adapting culturally to changing natural conditions and developing various types of community throughout the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages. The rest - and most substantial part of the volume - deals with the history of Scandinavia from the Viking Age to the end of the Scandinavian Middle Ages (c. 1520). The external Viking expansion opened Scandinavia to European influence to a hitherto unknown degree. A Christian church organisation was established, the first towns came into being, and the unification of the three medieval kingdoms of Scandinavia began, coinciding with the formation of the unique Icelandic 'Free State'.
The Nordic Languages
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Author : Lars S. Vikør
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
The Nordic Languages written by Lars S. Vikør and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Language planning categories.
The Growth Of Scandinavian Law
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Author : Lester B. Orfield
language : en
Publisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
Release Date : 2002
The Growth Of Scandinavian Law written by Lester B. Orfield and has been published by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
A study in comparative law that examines the legal systems of Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden and the forces that influenced their development. According to Orfield, the Scandinavian states are a useful area for study as unique examples of law based largely on custom and usage that owe little to Anglo-American or Continental models.