Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir

North American Icelandic

The Life of a Language. Sprache: Englisch.
kartoniert , 220 Seiten
ISBN 0887556949
EAN 9780887556944
Veröffentlicht Dezember 2006
Verlag/Hersteller University of Manitoba Press
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Beschreibung

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 Flámæli, which is the merger of two sets of front vowels. Although Flámæli was once a part of traditional Icelandic, it was considered too confusing and was systematically eradicated from the language. But in North America, Flámæli 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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Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir is an Associate Professor in English at the University of Iceland.

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