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Ruth H. Sanders

    The Languages of Scandinavia
    • The Languages of Scandinavia

      • 224 Seiten
      • 8 Lesestunden

      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 Scandinavia2017