Language Society And Identity In Early Iceland

Author : Stephen Pax Leonard
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-06-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1118294963

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Language, Society and Identity in early Iceland by Stephen Pax Leonard Pdf

Language, Society and Identity in early Iceland offers a much-needed exploration into the problem of linguistic and social identity construction in early Iceland, and is a fascinating account of an under examined historical-linguistic story that will spur further research and discussion amongst researchers. Engages with recent theoretical research on dialect formation and language isolation Makes a significant contribution to our understanding of dialect development, putting forward a persuasive hypothesis accounting for the lack of dialect variation in Icelandic Uses a unique, multi-disciplinary approach that brings together material from a wide range of fields for a comprehensive examination of the role of language in identity construction Opens up opportunities for further research, especially for those concerned with language and identity in Iceland today, where there is for the first time sociolinguistic variation

Author : William H. Norman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000415803

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Barbarians in the Sagas of Icelanders by William H. Norman Pdf

This book explores accounts in the Sagas of Icelanders of encounters with foreign peoples, both abroad and in Iceland, who are portrayed according to stereotypes which vary depending on their origins. Notably, inhabitants of the places identified in the sagas as Írland, Skotland and Vínland are portrayed as being less civilized than the Icelanders themselves. This book explores the ways in which the Íslendingasögur emphasize this relative barbarity through descriptions of diet, material culture, style of warfare and character. These characteristics are discussed in relation to parallel descriptions of Icelandic characters and lifestyle within the Íslendingasögur, and also in the context of a tradition in contemporary European literature, which portrayed the Icelanders themselves as barbaric. Comparisons are made with descriptions of barbarians in classical Roman texts, primarily Sallust, but also Caesar and Tacitus, showing striking similarities between Roman and Icelandic ideas about barbarians.

Author : Dale Kedwards
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781843845690

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The Mappae Mundi of Medieval Iceland by Dale Kedwards Pdf

Front cover -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Icelandic Hemispherical World Maps -- Chapter 2 The Icelandic Zonal Map -- Chapter 3 The Two Maps from Viðey -- Chapter 4 Iceland in Europe -- Chapter 5 Forty Icelandic Priests and a Map of the World -- Conclusion -- Map Texts and Translations -- The Icelandic Hemispherical World Maps -- The Icelandic Zonal Map -- The Larger Viðey Map -- The Smaller Viðey Map -- Bibliography -- Index -- Studies in Old Norse Literature.

Author : Stephen Pax Leonard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Iceland
ISBN : OCLC:643896239

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Language, Society and Identity in Early Iceland by Stephen Pax Leonard Pdf

Author : Kristýna Králová
Publisher : utzverlag GmbH
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783831648269

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Fast Goes the Fleeting Time: The Miscellaneous Concepts of Time in Different Old Norse Genres and their Causes by Kristýna Králová Pdf

This work is concerned with time reckoning and perception in Old Norse culture. Based on an analysis of various prose and poetic works, the author reconstructs the native images of time, as well as their changes in relation to social development, namely the arrival of Christianity and feudalism to the North. The primary sources are divided into three groups. The first group comprises works that contain traces of the original domestic understanding of time, the „Poetic Edda“, „Snorri’s Edda“, legendary and family sagas. The second group includes different types of texts, all of which adopt foreign concepts of time that spread to Iceland especially through various learned treatises and the influence of the Church. Lastly, it is examined how foreign time reckoning and perception affected the temporal structure of kings’ and bishops’ sagas included in the third group of sources.

Author : Richard D. Janda,Brian D. Joseph,Barbara S. Vance
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781118732212

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The Handbook of Historical Linguistics, Volume II by Richard D. Janda,Brian D. Joseph,Barbara S. Vance Pdf

An entirely new follow-up volume providing a detailed account of numerous additional issues, methods, and results that characterize current work in historical linguistics. This brand-new, second volume of The Handbook of Historical Linguistics is a complement to the well-established first volume first published in 2003. It includes extended content allowing uniquely comprehensive coverage of the study of language(s) over time. Though it adds fresh perspectives on several topics previously treated in the first volume, this Handbook focuses on extensions of diachronic linguistics beyond those key issues. This Handbook provides readers with studies of language change whose perspectives range from comparisons of large open vs. small closed corpora, via creolistics and linguistic contact in general, to obsolescence and endangerment of languages. Written by leading scholars in their respective fields, new chapters are offered on matters such as the origin of language, evidence from language for reconstructing human prehistory, invocations of language present in studies of language past, benefits of linguistic fieldwork for historical investigation, ways in which not only biological evolution but also field biology can serve as heuristics for research into the rise and spread of linguistic innovations, and more. Moreover, it: offers novel and broadened content complementing the earlier volume so as to provide the fullest available overview of a wholly engrossing field includes 23 all-new contributed chapters, treating some familiar themes from fresh perspectives but mostly covering entirely new topics features expanded discussion of material from language families other than Indo-European provides a multiplicity of views from numerous specialists in linguistic diachrony. The Handbook of Historical Linguistics, Volume II is an ideal book for undergraduate and graduate students in linguistics, researchers and professional linguists, as well as all those interested in the history of particular languages and the history of language more generally.

Author : Martin Hilpert,Jan-Ola Östman,Christine Mertzlufft,Michael Rießler,Janet Duke
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110346978

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New Trends in Nordic and General Linguistics by Martin Hilpert,Jan-Ola Östman,Christine Mertzlufft,Michael Rießler,Janet Duke Pdf

This book offers a survey of current work in Nordic and General Linguistics, with a special focus on language contact. The papers in this book were presented at the 11th International Conference of Nordic and General Linguistics (ICNGL) in Freiburg. The ICNGL conference series aims to facilitate the exchange of ideas on Scandinavian and other languages, between researchers from the Nordic countries and elsewhere. The present volume focuses on language contact, which has always been a topic of great interest in Nordic Linguistics. Additionally, the contributions in this book address issues of phonology, morpho-syntax, syntax, and grammaticalization. The book is meant to be a snapshot of Nordic Linguistics as it is practiced today, reflecting at the same time its established research traditions as well as its forages into new methodologies and theories.

Author : Eric Shane Bryan
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781843845973

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Discourse in Old Norse Literature by Eric Shane Bryan Pdf

An examination of what dialogues and direct speech in Old Norse literature can convey and mean, beyond their immediate face-value.

Author : Andrew Simpson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780190210670

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Language and Society by Andrew Simpson Pdf

Language and Society is a broad introduction to the interaction of language and society, intended for undergraduate students majoring in any academic discipline. The book discusses the complex socio-political roles played by large, dominant languages around the world and how the growth of major national and official languages is threatening the continued existence of smaller, minority languages. As individuals adopt new ways of speaking, many languages are disappearing, others are evolving into hybrid languages with distinctive new forms, and even long-established languages are experiencing significant change, with young speakers creating novel expressions and innovative pronunciations. Making use of a wide range of case studies selected from the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa, Andrew Simpson describes and explains key factors causing language variation and change which relate to societal structures and the expression of group and personal identity. The volume also examines how speakers' knowledge of language acts as an important force controlling access to education, advances in employment and the development of social status. Additional topics discussed in the volume focus on the global growth of English, gendered patterns of language use, and the influence of language on perception.

Author : Ann-Marie Long
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004336513

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Iceland’s Relationship with Norway c.870 – c.1100 by Ann-Marie Long Pdf

In Iceland’s Relationship with Norway c.870 – c.1100: Memory, History and Identity, Ann-Marie Long reassesses the development of early Icelandic society and how it was memorialised, with particular attention given to the place of Norway in Icelandic cultural memory.

Author : Lotte Jensen
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9789048530649

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The roots of nationalism by Lotte Jensen Pdf

This collection brings together scholars from a wide range of disciplines to offer perspectives on national identity formation in various European contexts between 1600 and 1815. Contributors challenge the dichotomy between modernists and traditionalists in nationalism studies through an emphasis on continuity rather than ruptures in the shaping of European nations in the period, while also offering an overview of current debates in the field and case studies on a number of topics, including literature, historiography, and cartography.

Author : Gisli Pálsson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134366613

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The Textual Life of Savants by Gisli Pálsson Pdf

First Published in 1995. This book focuses on the role and significance of texts and textualism for anthropology and ethnography and, more specifically, the understanding of particular aspects of Icelandic society and history. The discussion is centred on a range of issues; moving between general social theory and ethnographic details, the immediate present and the distant past, language and production, fieldwork and the act of writing, texts (sagas, novels, and ethnographies) and real life. In each case, however, it draws attention to what may be called a pragmatist approach, a concern with action and agency as they constitute, and are constituted by, social life. Such an approach, I hold, is an important and timely remedy to current textualism, the trendy theoretical tradition often described as the linguistic turn.

Author : Gísli Pálsson
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Anthropological linguistics
ISBN : 3718657228

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The Textual Life of Savants by Gísli Pálsson Pdf

First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Oskar Bandle,Lennart Elmevik,Gun Widmark
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 1194 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 311017149X

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The Nordic Languages by Oskar Bandle,Lennart Elmevik,Gun Widmark Pdf

The handbook is not tied to a particular methodology but keeps in principle to a pronounced methodological pluralism, encompassing all aspects of actual methodology. Moreover it combines diachronic with synchronic-systematic aspects, longitudinal sections with cross-sections (periods such as Old Norse, transition from Old Norse to Early Modern Nordic, Early Modern Nordic 1550-1800 and so on). The description of Nordic language history is built upon a comprehensive collection of linguistic data; it consists of more than 200 articles written by a multitude of authors from Scandinavian and German and English speaking countries. The organization of the book combines a central part on the detailed chronological developments and some chapters of a more general character: chapters on theory and methodology in the beginning and on overlapping spatio-temporal topics in the end.

Author : Birna Arnbjornsdottir
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2006-12-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780887559983

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North American Icelandic by Birna Arnbjornsdottir Pdf

North American Icelandic evolved mainly in Icelandic settlements in Manitoba and North Dakota and is the only version of Icelandic that is not spoken in Iceland. But North American Icelandic is a dying language with few left who speak it.North American Icelandic is the only book about the nature and development of this variety of Icelandic. It details the social and linguistic constraints of one specific feature of North American Icelandic phonology undergoing change, namely Flámæli, which is the merger of two sets of front vowels. Although Flámæli was once a part of traditional Icelandic, it was considered too confusing and was systematically eradicated from the language. But in North America, Flámæli use spread unchecked, allowing the rare opportunity of viewing the evolution of a dialect from its birth to its impending demise.