The languages of Scandinavia : seven sisters of the North /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sanders, Ruth H. (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 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.