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North American Icelandic: The Life of a Language

North American Icelandic: The Life of a Language

Arnbjörnsdóttir, Birna

Paperback

General Scandinavian Languages

Publisher Price: $39.95

ISBN10: 0887556949
ISBN13: 9780887556944
Publisher: Univ Of Manitoba
Published: Dec 15 2006
Pages: 220
Weight: 0.44
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

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 Flám li, which is the merger of two sets of front vowels. Although Flám li was once a part of traditional Icelandic, it was considered too confusing and was systematically eradicated from the language. But in North America, Flám li 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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