Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft = Handbooks of linguistics and communication science Bd. 22 The Nordic languages an international handbook of the history of the North Germanic languages / ed. by Oskar Bandle ... Vol. 2

Annotation This handbook is conceived as a comprehensive history of the North Germanic languages from the oldest times up to the present day. Whereas most of the traditional presentations of Nordic language history are confined to individual languages and often concentrate on purely linguistic data, the present work covers the history of all Nordic languages in its totality, embedded in a broad culture-historical context. The Nordic languages are described both individually and in their mutual dependence as well as in relation to the neighboring non-Nordic languages. 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 handbook 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 Preface......Page 5 Contents......Page 11 Abbreviations......Page 22 XIII. From Old Nordic to Early Modern Nordic......Page 30 XIV. The developement of the Nordic languages from the mid-16th century to the end of the 18th century......Page 209 XV. The Nordic languages in the 19th century......Page 368 XVI. THe Nordic languages in the 20th century......Page 531 XVII. Special aspects of Nordic language history I: Typology......Page 823 XVIII. Specual aspects of Nordic language history II: Social stratification......Page 858 XIX. Special aspects of Nordic language history III: Special languages and languages for specific purposes......Page 904 XX. Special aspects of Nordic language history IV: Language cultivation and language planning......Page 931 XXI. Special aspects of Nordic language history V: Language contact......Page 996 Index of names......Page 1120 Indedx of subjects......Page 1153 Review text: "Oskar Bandle and his team have provided the student of Northern European languages with an invaluable tool."Graeme Dunphy in: MLR 4/2008 Edited By Oskar Bandle ... [et Al.] ; In Cooperation With Gun Widmark And Lennart Elmevik. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. No detailed description available for'NORDIC LANGUAGES (BANDLE) 2. VOL HSK 22.2 E-BOOK'.