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1 online resource |
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Current issues in linguistic theory ; 321 |
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Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; 321.
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| Contents |
LANGUAGE CONTACT AND DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE NORTH SEA; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface & Acknowledgments; Editors' Introduction; References; Part I The evidence of place-names; Celts in Scandinavian Scotland and Anglo-Saxon England; 1. Introduction; 2. Name transfers; 3. The northern isles; 4. Anglo-saxon england; 5. Synchronic comparison; 6. Name functions; 7. Sense and reference; 8. Diachronic comparison; 9. Conclusion; References; The colonisation of England by Germanic tribes on the basis of place-names; 1. Introduction; 2. Germanic *fani/-ja "bog, moor." |
| Summary |
This volume brings together eleven studies on the history of language and writing in the North Sea area, with focus on contacts and interchanges through time. Its range spans from the investigation of pre-Germanic place-names to present-day Shetland; the materials studied include glosses, legal and trade documents as well as place names and modern dialects. The volume is unique in its combination of linguistics and place-name studies with literacy studies, which allows for a very dynamic picture of the history of language contact and texts in the North Sea area. Different approaches come toget |
| Notes |
"Most of the chapters in this volume were first presented at a conference on language and literacy in the North Sea area, held in August 2009 at the University of Stavanger, Norway." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Languages in contact -- North Sea Region
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Language acquisition.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Relative clauses.
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Language and languages -- Variation.
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Germanic languages -- Dialects
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Sociolinguistics.
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Germanic languages -- Dialects
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Relative clauses
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Language acquisition
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Language and languages -- Variation
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Languages in contact
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Europe -- North Sea Region
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Stenroos, Merja-Riitta
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Mäkinen, Martti
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Særheim, Inge, 1949-
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| LC no. |
2012002090 |
| ISBN |
9789027274663 |
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9027274665 |
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1280497513 |
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9781280497513 |
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9786613592743 |
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6613592749 |
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