| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 309 pages) : illustrations, map |
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Linguae & litterae ; volume 42 |
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Linguae & litterae ; 42
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| Contents |
Introducing new trends in Nordic linguistic research; Section 1: Language contact; Competing tendencies in Germanic pronominal and deictic systems: The most general principle will prevail; "Pitch accent" and prosodic structure in Scottish Gaelic: Reassessing the role of contact; Implications of language contact: Evaluating the appropriateness of borrowings in written Icelandic; At the frontier: S©Łmi linguistics gets a boost from outside; Section 2: Phonology; Two phonological rarities in Ingrian dialects; Analysing phonological variation in Faroese; Section 3: Morphosyntax |
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Mari converb constructions -- Interpretation and translationHan and hon -- Anaphoric pronouns in Early Scandinavia; From accusative to dative (via nominative): The case of fj©œlga 'increase' and f©Œkka 'decrease' in Icelandic; Section 4: Syntax; A generative interpretation of Diderichsen's positional grammar; Evidence for a syntactic Parameter at work in Övdalian; Embedded word order in Heritage Scandinavian; Section 5: Grammaticalization; Through the spyglass of synchrony: Grammaticalization of the exterior space in the Eastern Circum-Baltic; Conjunctive markers of polar questions in Estonian |
| Summary |
This book offers a collection of papers that were presented at the 11th International Conference of Nordic and General Linguistics (ICNGL) in Freiburg. The ICNGL conference series provides an open forum for linguistic research in order to facilitate the exchange of ideas on Scandinavian and other languages, between researchers from the Nordic countries and elsewhere. The present volume has a special focus on language contact |
| Notes |
"The 11th International Conference of Nordic and General Linguistics, organized under the auspices of the Nordic Association of Linguists, will take place at Freiburg University April 18th-20th, 2012. The ICNGL conference series provides an open forum for linguistic research in order to facilitate the exchange of ideas on Scandinavian and other languages." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English text with discussions in languages including Norwegian, Danish and Swedish |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Scandinavian languages -- Grammar -- Congresses
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.
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Scandinavian languages -- Grammar
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hilpert, Martin, editor
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Östman, Jan-Ola, editor
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Mertzlufft, Christine, editor
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Riessler, Michael, editor
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Duke, Janet, editor
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| ISBN |
3110346974 |
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9783110346978 |
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9783110267938 |
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3110267934 |
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