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The languages of Scandinavia : seven sisters of the North / Ruth H. Sanders.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource (211 pages) : maps, illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780226493923 (electronic bk.)
  • 022649392X (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 439/.5 23
Online resources:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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