Studies in Övdalian Morphology and Syntax: New research on a lesser-known Scandinavian language
Övdalian is spoken in central Sweden by about 2000 speakers. Traditionally categorized as a dialect of Swedish, it has not received much international attention. However, Övdalian is typologically closer to Faroese or Icelandic than it is to Swedish, and since it has been spoken in relative isolatio...
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| author | Janne Bondi Johannessen Kristine Bentzen Henrik Rosenkvist |
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| description | Övdalian is spoken in central Sweden by about 2000 speakers. Traditionally categorized as a dialect of Swedish, it has not received much international attention. However, Övdalian is typologically closer to Faroese or Icelandic than it is to Swedish, and since it has been spoken in relative isolation for about 1000 years, a number of interesting linguistic archaisms have been preserved and innovations have developed. This volume provides seven papers about Övdalian morphology and syntax. The papers, all based on extensive fieldwork, cover topics such as verb movement, subject doubling, wh-words and case in Övdalian. Constituting the first comprehensive linguistic description of Övdalian in English, this volume is of interest for linguists in the fields of Scandinavian and Germanic linguistics, and also historical linguists will be thrilled by some of the presented data. The data and the analyses presented here furthermore challenge our view of the morphosyntax of the Scandinavian languages in some cases – as could be expected when a new language enters the linguistic arena. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-601912023-12-20T18:09:18Z Studies in Övdalian Morphology and Syntax: New research on a lesser-known Scandinavian language Janne Bondi Johannessen Kristine Bentzen Henrik Rosenkvist P1-1091 PD1-7159 theoretical linguistics Sweden Övdalian language historical linguistics syntax bic Book Industry Communication::C Language Övdalian is spoken in central Sweden by about 2000 speakers. Traditionally categorized as a dialect of Swedish, it has not received much international attention. However, Övdalian is typologically closer to Faroese or Icelandic than it is to Swedish, and since it has been spoken in relative isolation for about 1000 years, a number of interesting linguistic archaisms have been preserved and innovations have developed. This volume provides seven papers about Övdalian morphology and syntax. The papers, all based on extensive fieldwork, cover topics such as verb movement, subject doubling, wh-words and case in Övdalian. Constituting the first comprehensive linguistic description of Övdalian in English, this volume is of interest for linguists in the fields of Scandinavian and Germanic linguistics, and also historical linguists will be thrilled by some of the presented data. The data and the analyses presented here furthermore challenge our view of the morphosyntax of the Scandinavian languages in some cases – as could be expected when a new language enters the linguistic arena. 2021-02-12T04:46:44Z 2021-02-12T04:46:44Z 2015-02-13 15:56:39 2015 book 16829 01660829 9789027269133 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/60191 eng Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today image/png Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://www.jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027269133 http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/la.221 John Benjamins Publishing Company 10.1075/la.221 10.1075/la.221 a0ecc02e-9674-41da-98fe-e7842d79279a 9789027269133 v, 232 pp. open access |
| spellingShingle | P1-1091 PD1-7159 theoretical linguistics Sweden Övdalian language historical linguistics syntax bic Book Industry Communication::C Language Janne Bondi Johannessen Kristine Bentzen Henrik Rosenkvist Studies in Övdalian Morphology and Syntax: New research on a lesser-known Scandinavian language |
| title | Studies in Övdalian Morphology and Syntax: New research on a lesser-known Scandinavian language |
| title_full | Studies in Övdalian Morphology and Syntax: New research on a lesser-known Scandinavian language |
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| title_short | Studies in Övdalian Morphology and Syntax: New research on a lesser-known Scandinavian language |
| title_sort | studies in ovdalian morphology and syntax new research on a lesser known scandinavian language |
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