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Scandinavian Language Contacts - Hardcover

 
9780521256858: Scandinavian Language Contacts
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0521256852 ISBN 13: 9780521256858
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1984

Synopsis

This authoritative collection examines both language contacts in Scandinavia proper and also contacts with non-Scandinavian languages. The language situation in Scandinavia is a rich and complex one, yet hitherto little of the material has been available in English. All the essays have as their basic tenet that the essence of every language is the way in which it varies in its development and social use and that this variation is a result of a whole series of geographical, sociological and linguistic factors - settlement, conquest, trade and literary bilingualism. Together they provide a valuable overview of Scandinavian language contacts at both the synchronic and the diachronic level, which will be of interest not only to Germanists and Scandinavianists, but also to historical linguists.

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Book Description

This authoritative collection examines both language contacts in Scandinavia proper and also contacts with non-Scandinavian languages. The language situation in Scandinavia is a rich and complex one, yet hitherto little of the material has been available in English.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
1984
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521256852
ISBN 13 
9780521256858
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
352
Editor
Ureland P. Sture, Clarkson Iain