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

• Prif Awdur: Janne Bondi Johannessen (auth)
• Awduron Eraill: Kristine Bentzen (auth), Henrik Rosenkvist (auth)
• Fformat: Electronig Pennod Llyfr
• Iaith: Saesneg
• Cyhoeddwyd: John Benjamins Publishing Company 2015
• Cyfres: Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today
• Pynciau: theoretical linguistics; Sweden; Övdalian language; historical linguistics; syntax
• Mynediad Ar-lein: 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...