On the Integration of Non-Native Nouns in Faroese

This study analyses the integration of vowel-final non-native nouns in Faroese based on written language material ranging from computer-mediated communication to traditional printed media. In order to gain a holistic insight into the underlying processes, both intralinguistic - orthography, phonology, morphology - as well as extralinguistic - language norms, metalinguistic discourse - factors are examined. Besides being the smallest and least researched modern-day Scandinavian language, Faroese also has one of Scandinavia's youngest, most historicising orthographies, as well as a strong tradition of lexical purism. Its ideological climate is directly impacted by two polar opposites - progressive Danish on the one hand, and conservative Icelandic on the other. The observed integration strategies are described as the result of both native and non-native analogical forces that lead to ongoing contact-induced language change, including the refunctionalisation of the silent grapheme <ð>.

Summary

This study analyses the integration of vowel-final non-native nouns in Faroese based on written language material ranging from computer-mediated communication to traditional printed media. In order to gain a holistic insight into the underlying processes, both intralinguistic – orthography, phonology, morphology – as well as extralinguistic – language norms, metalinguistic discourse – factors are examined.

Besides being the smallest and least researched modern-day Scandinavian language, Faroese also has one of Scandinavia’s youngest, most historicising orthographies, as well as a strong tradition of lexical purism. Its ideological climate is directly impacted by two polar opposites – progressive Danish on the one hand, and conservative Icelandic on the other. The observed integration strategies are described as the result of both native and non-native analogical forces that lead to ongoing contact-induced language change, including the refunctionalisation of the silent grapheme <ð>.

Product details

• Authors: Laura Zieseler
• Publisher: Universitätsverlag Winter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2024
• EAN: 9783825395612
• ISBN: 978-3-8253-9561-2
• No. of pages: 393
• Dimensions: 173 mm x 30 mm x 250 mm
• Weight: 858 g
• Illustrations: 22 s/w, 3 farbige Abbildungen
• Series: Germanistische Bibliothek
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other Germanic linguistics / literary studies; Sprachgeschichte, Englisch, Phonetik, Phonologie, Morphologie, Isländisch, Skandinavische Sprachen, Färöisch, Dänisch, Sprachwandel, Grammatik, Syntax und Morphologie, Phonologie, Lehnwörter, Sprachpolitik, Skandinavistik, Färöer-Inseln, historische Sprachforschung, Sprachkontakt, Graphematik, Sprachideologie, ca. 1500 bis zur Gegenwart, Poulsen, J. H. W., Hammershaimb, V. U., Jakobson, Jakob, Svabo, Jens Christian