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Introduction. the Nordic Area and General History of the Nordic Countries Introduction. The Nordic area and general history of the Nordic countries SAS1. January 22, 2016 SAS1 Course description SAS1 intends to give an overview of the linguistic conditions in Scandinavia in general and in Norway in particular. The lectures will focus on changes within language itself due to internal conditions as well as on historical, political, and social factors influencing language. The syllabus consists of various articles focusing on development and variation in the Nordic languages in past and present. The course attempts to compare and account for the differences of these languages on a micro structural level as well as on a macro structural level. Being a major minority language in the region the Sámi language is also discussed in a similar linguistic context. We will also see how the question of language triggers conflicts on many levels (aesthetically, geopolitically, and socially) for instance explaining why and how Norway with a population of 5.1 million inhabitants has two – surprisingly similar – standard varieties ("Bokmål" and "Nynorsk"). Sessions will consist of group discussions, lectures, plenary discussions and group assignments. Target group: Exchange students Normal full-time study load: ½ semester, 15 ECTS Exam : There will be a written exam May 12 . Examination duration: 6 hours 1 SAS1, Norwegian Language, Spring 2016 January 22 Introduction. The Nordic area and the general history of the Nordic countries. Reading: Vikør 2001, ch. 1 and pp. 29−64 January 29 History of the Nordic languages Reading: Birkmann 2002, Akselberg 2004, Gregersen 2001 February 5: No lecture February 12 Norwegian language history in the 19th Century with the development of two standard varieties in Norwegian. Reading: Vikør 2001, pp. 17−63, 98−103 and 206−213. Haugen 1966, ch. 1, 2, and 7, Gregersen 2001. February 19 Language conflict and language planning: Norwegian in the 20th Century Reading: Jahr 2004, Lundeby 2004 February 26: No lecture March 4 The current situation for Nynorsk Reading: Vikør: “The Nynorsk Language of Norway” and Halleråker: “The Nynorsk Language”. March 11 Dialects of spoken Norwegian Reading: Akselberg 2002, Akselberg 2004, Røyneland 2009 March 18 Is there a Norwegian spoken standard language? Reading: Akselberg 2004, Røyneland 2009 March 25: No lecture, Easter April 1 Sami and minority languages Reading: Vikør 2001, pp. 64−80, 91−98, 175−177 and 204−206. Helander 1997, Hyltenstam 2004 April 8 Student presentations Summary April 15 The languages of Sweden and Danmark Reading: Vikør 2001, pp. 45−52, 188−199 April 22 Insular Nordic Reading: Karlsson 2004, Sandøy 2008 April 29 Ideologies and issues in Nordic language planning; purism vs. liberalism. Attitudes towards English loanwords. Reading: Vikør 2001, chapter 7 and pp. 57−66 and 172−175. May 6 The Scandinavian “semi-communication” Reading: Vikør 2001, ch. 4 and 8. Vikør 2005 May 12 : Written exam (duration: 6 hours, 09.00–15.00) 2 Curriculum • Vikør 2001: book or free online version • litteraturkiosken.uib.no • oria.no – Akselberg, Gunnstein 2004: “Dialects and regional linguistic varieties in the 20th century II: Norway”. In: O. Bandle et. al. (ed.): The Nordic languages. An International Handbook of the History of the North Germanic Languages, Volume 2. Berlin and N.Y.: Walter de Gruyter, pp. 1707−1722. Free digital access via UBB/Oria: http://bibsysprimo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/UBB:default_scope:BIBSYS_ILS090079493 Chapter download pp. 678–692. Task 3 The Nordic countries Nordic countries incl. autonomous territories Sweden Åland Semi-autonomous position within Finland Denmark Faroe Islands Norway Autonomous territory within Denmark Independence 1905 Home rule since 1948 Iceland Greenland Independence 1944 Autonomous territory within Denmark Home rule since 1979 Finland Independence 1917 The Sámi flag 4 Viking attacks (green arrows) and trade routes (read lines) Historical background 800 – 1050: Viking Age 1349 – 1350: The Black Death 1300 – 1700: Hansa era 1397 – 1521: The Kalmar Union 1523 – 1830: A divided region. Sweden-Finland (incl. Åland) forms alliance against Denmark-Norway (incl. Iceland, Greenland and the Faroes). Denmark looses Norway to Sweden during Karl Johan’s reign (1814). Finland is occupied by Russia (1809) 1536: Reformation 1830 – 1860: Scandinavianism and nationalism 1905: Norway declares independence 1917: Finland declares independence 1921: Åland obtains semi-autonomous position 1940 – 1945: WWII 1944: Iceland declares independence 1948: Home Rule for the Faroe Islands 1953: The Nordic council 1954: Nordic Passport Union 1979: Home Rule for Greenland 5 Languages in the Nordic region • Denmark (Danish, German) – The Faroe Islands (Faroese , Danish) – Greenland (Inuit /Greenlandic (and Danish) ) • Finland (Finnish and Swedish are national languages. Sámi has official status in some areas. The Sami, Romani and other peoples have the right to maintain and develop their language (Romani, Russian, Tatar, Yiddish, Karelian) and culture + right to use sign language) – Åland Islands (Swedish ) • Sweden (Swedish + six official minority languages: Finnish, Meänkieli (Torne Valley Finnish), Sami, Yiddish, Romani Chib and Swedish sign language) • Norway (Norwegian (Bokmål and Nynorsk) + languages with different degrees of official status: Norwegian Sami (three written languages: Northern Sami, Lule Sami and Southern Sami), Kven, Romani, Romanes and Norwegian sign language) • Iceland : Icelandic In addition: heterogeneous immigrant groups http://www.norden.org/en/fakta-om-norden-1/language The weather forecast page yr.no: 6 (Official) languages in the Nordic countries Indo-european Uralic Eskimo-Aleut Germanic Finno-Ugric Nordic (North Germanic) Finnish Sámi Kven Greenlandic Danish Swedish Norwegian Faroese Icelandic Meänkieli http://www.ethnologue.com/browse/families One Version of the Theory of the Spread of Indo-European Languages (From M. Bernal, Black Athena). http://www.uark.edu/campus- resources/dlevine/MAP.html 7 Indo-European languages Emigration from areas between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea about 3000 years ago towards north (Slavic languages), towards northwest (Germanic languages), towards west (Romance languages and Celtic languages) and towards southeast (Indo-Iranian languages). Great differences because of influence from substrata (earlier languages in the different areas). The traditional illustration August Schleicher pioneered the idea that languages could be arranged in evolutionary trees. This is a model with shortcomings. 8 Link to more information http://www.sssscomic.com/comic.php?page=195 9 10 Uralic languages 11 Alternative models of the Nordic language family 12 Old Nordic West Nordic East Nordic Icelandic Faroese Norwegian Swedish Danish Model of the relationship between the Nordic languages, based on historical language changes Nordic Insular Nordic Scandinavian nordskandinavisk sørskandinavisk Icelandic Faroese Norwegian Swedish Danish Model of the relationship between the Nordic languages, based on mutual understanding Torp (2006) 13 Major languages in Norway • Norwegian – Nynorsk as main written form: 10-15% (approx. 500 000 people) – Bokmål as main written form: 90-85% (4,5 mill) • 30,000 Sámi speakers • 2000 Finnish and Kven speakers • A few hundred Romani and Romanes speakers • (Immigrant languages) The number of immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents grew by 45 800 in 2014, which is the lowest percentage growth since 2006. Immigrants accounted for 13 per cent of the total population in Norway as per 1 January 2015, while Norwegian-born to immigrant parents accounted for 2.6 per cent. 14 Immigrants from Poland are still the largest immigrant group in the country, with 91 000 persons. The growth in the Polish immigrant group during 2014 was 7 000. Poles now constitute nearly 14 per cent of immigrants in Norway. The second largest group of immigrants are still Swedes, with 36 900 residents. Lithuanians are in third place with 35 900 persons; 3 000 more than the previous year. Nordic history in five lines 200 − 500: Ancient Scandianvian 500 − 700: Syncope period 800: Split between East and West Nordic languages 1200: Split between North and South Nordic languages Post 1500: Split between Insular and Mainland Nordic 15 jag vet att han kommer hem jeg ved at han kommer hjem jeg vet at han kommer hjem eg veit at han kjem heim eg veit at hann kemur heim ég veit að hann kemur heim Low Middle German influence on Modern Norwegian: • Skredderen tenkte at trøya passet fortreffelig, men kunden klaget og mente at plagget var kort og tøyet simpelt og grovt. • De schrâder dachte dat die trôie vortreffelik paste, men de kunde klâgde und mênde dat die plagge kort was und dat tüg simpel und grof. • Klæðskerinn hélt að skyrtan passaði fullkomlega, en viðskiptavinurinn kvartaði og taldi að flíkin væri stutt og efnið einfalt og gróft . 16 Abstandsprache and Ausbausprache (Torp 2004) Abstandssprache: (language by distance: the Sámi languages) and Ausbausprache (language by development, key word «degree of standarization», BM, NN, Sw. and Danish. Old Icelandic also a ausbau language compared to Old Norwegian.) Language or dialect? - Kven Finnish - Norwegian Danish Swedish European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (ECRML) 17 Geographical dialect continuua (Torp 2004) The creation of (written) standard languages Danish Norwegian Swedish xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 18 Norden Five states, eight countries Denmark Finland Iceland Norway Sweden The Faroe Islands Greenland Norge
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