Anxiety in Modern Scandinavian Literature: August Strindberg, Inger Christensen, Karl Ove Knausgård This book explores how states and traits of anxiety are reflected in the style and structure of certain works by three key figures of modern Scandinavian literature: August … Weiterlesen
Constructional approaches to Nordic languages This volume presents eight studies of linguistic phenomena in Nordic languages (notably Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish) from a construction grammar perspective. The contributions both deepen and widen the focus of construction grammar applied to Nordic … Weiterlesen
In der letzten Zeit sind u.a. diese frei verfügbaren Titel erschienen: Nordic perspectives on the discourse of things: Sakprosa texts helping us navigate and understand an ever-changing reality Catharina Nyström Höög, Henrik Rahm & Gøril Thomassen Hammerstad (Hrsg.)https://doi.org/10.1007/978–3‑031–33122‑0 This open … Weiterlesen
From pseudo-relatives to causative constructions Scandinavian languages as a case study This volume proposes a novel structural analysis for causative constructions, offering a solution for the long-standing mono/bi-clausal dualism. Causatives are claimed to instantiate a ‘complex object’ construction, insofar as … Weiterlesen
Stewards, Soldiers and Court Officials: Three Scandinavian Elements in the Language of Old Russian Law The present volume is dedicated to Scandinavian lexical borrowings in Old Russian, a topic, that has been discussed for almost 300 years, and approaches the … Weiterlesen
In der letzten Zeit sind u.a. diese frei verfügbaren Titel erschienen: Illuminated Manuscript Production in Medieval Iceland: Literary and Artistic Activities of the Monastery at Helgafell in the Fourteenth Century Stefan Drechslerhttps://doi.org/10.1484/M.MSSP-EB.5.123671 This book examines a cultural revolution that took … Weiterlesen
Aesthetics of Protestantism in Northern Europe – Exploring the field This book explores the aesthetic consequences of Protestantism in Scandinavia. Fourteen case studies from the sixteenth to the twenty-first century discuss five abstract and trans-historical principles that characterize Scandinavian aesthetics … Weiterlesen
From pseudo-relatives to causative constructions: Scandinavian languages as a case study This volume proposes a novel structural analysis for causative constructions, offering a solution for the long-standing mono/bi-clausal dualism. Causatives are claimed to instantiate a ‘complex object’ construction, insofar as … Weiterlesen
Loanwords and native words in Old and Middle Icelandic: A study in the history and dynamics of the Icelandic medieval lexicon, from the twelfth century to 1550 Anyone familiar with the Modern Icelandic language will know that the country’s policy … Weiterlesen
Dating the Old Norse Poetic Edda: A multifactorial analysis of linguistic features This book offers new dating of the poems of the Old Norse Poetic Edda, perhaps our best sources about the mythology and legends of the Viking Age. This … Weiterlesen
Animal-human relationships in Medieval Iceland: from farm-settlement to sagas Domestic animals played a range of roles in the imaginative world of medieval Icelanders: from partners in settlement and household allies, to violent offenders, foster-kin and surrogate wives, they were vital … Weiterlesen
Here you can keep up to date with the latest currents in Nordic women’s literature, and at the same time become well acquainted with over one thousand years of women’s literary history in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, the Faroe Islands, … Weiterlesen
Nordic literature of decadence Nordic Literature of Decadence fills a gap on the map of world literature and participates in a thriving area of research by extending the investigation of broadly understood fin de siècle decadence to unexplored areas of … Weiterlesen
Chronotopische Insularitäten: Zur Inseldarstellung in den skandinavischsprachigen Literaturen um 1900 und der Gegenwart Das Buch untersucht Inseldarstellungen in skandinavischsprachigen Prosatexten und fokussiert dabei auf die Inseln zugeschriebenen zeitlichen und räumlichen Eigenschaften. Diese Eigenschaften werden unter Rückgriff auf einen Begriff Michail … Weiterlesen
Unwanted: Neglected Approaches, Characters, and Texts in Old Norse-Icelandic Saga Studies The 9 essays collected in this volume are the result of a workshop for international doctoral and postdoctoral researchers in Old Norse-Icelandic Saga Studies held at the Institute for … Weiterlesen