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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures : European Languages & Cultures - Scandinavian Stud

Postgraduate Course: History of the Scandinavian Languages (Level 11) (ELCS11012)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThe course will aim to explore the emergence of Scandinavian as a separate branch of Germanic, and explain the development of the three modern mainland Scandinavian languages; Danish, Norwegian and Swedish.
Course description From Indo-European to Proto-Scandinavian: The Germanic languages

The Syncope Period (450-750): Sources; The Linguistic revolution

Common Scandinavian (750-1050): The runes; The Scandinavian expansion

Old Scandinavian (1050-1350): The Latin alphabet; Old Norse

Middle Scandinavian (1350-1550): Danish innovations; Influence from Middle Low German

The impact of the Reformation

Modern Swedish and Danish

The two standards of Norwegian

Scandinavian after WWII: Loanwords from English; Intercommunication in Scandinavia
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
* Develop an awareness of the nature and limits of the evidence for this field of study.
* Develop an understanding of some fundamental theories of historical linguistic.
* Develop the ability to engage critically with received assumptions and scholarly models.
* Demonstrate by way of essay and participation in class specialist knowledge and understanding of the making of the three mainland Scandinavian languages.
Reading List
Einar Haugen The Scandinavian Languages.London 1976
Lars Vikør The Nordic Languages Oslo 1993
Vemund Skard Norsk språkhistorie I-V.Oslo 1973
Torp & Vikør Hovuddrag i norsk språkhistorie. Oslo 1993
Olaf Almenningen (ed.) Språk og samfunn gjennom tusen år. Oslo 1985
Peter Skautrup Det danske sprogs historie I-IV. Copenhagen 1944-68
Gösta Bergman A Short history of the Swedish Language. Lund 1947/73
Elias Wessén Svensk språkhistoria I-III. Lund 1965
Elias Wessén De nordiska språken. Lund 1975
Gertrud Petterson Svenska språket under sjuhundra år. Lund 1996
M. O¿C. Walshe Introduction to the Scandinavian Languages. London 1965
Allan Karker Dansk i tusind år. Copenhagen 1995
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Special Arrangements PG Version
KeywordsHofSL
Contacts
Course organiserMr Arne Kruse
Tel: (0131 6)50 4025
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Course secretaryMs Ersev Ersoy
Tel: (0131 6)50 4465
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