Studies in Övdalian Morphology and Syntax: New research on a lesser-known Scandinavian language

• Main Author: Janne Bondi Johannessen (auth)
• Other Authors: Kristine Bentzen (auth), Henrik Rosenkvist (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: John Benjamins Publishing Company 2015
• Series: Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today
• Subjects: theoretical linguistics; Sweden; Övdalian language; historical linguistics; syntax
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Övdalian is spoken in central Sweden by about 2000 speakers. Traditionally categorized as a dialect of Swedish, it has not received much international attention. However, Övdalian is typologically closer to Faroese or Icelandic than it is to Swedish, and since it has been spoken in relative isolat...