North American Icelandic : the life of a language
著者
書誌事項
North American Icelandic : the life of a language
University of Manitoba Press, c2006
- pbk.
- pbk.
大学図書館所蔵 全2件
注記
Includes bibliography (p. [153]-165)
内容説明・目次
内容説明
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 Flamaeli, which is the merger of two sets of front vowels. Although Flamaeli was once a part of traditional Icelandic, it was considered too confusing and was systematically eradicated from the language. But in North America, Flamaeli use spread unchecked, allowing the rare opportunity of viewing the evolution of a dialect from its birth to its impending demise.
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