LINGUIST List 15.1473

Mon May 10 2004

Confs: General Ling/East Scandinavian/Uppsala, Sweden

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yair.sapir, F�rsta konferensen om �lvdalska

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Message 1: F�rsta konferensen om �lvdalska

Date: Sun, 9 May 2004 17:35:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: yair.sapir <yair.sapirnordiska.uu.se>
Subject: F�rsta konferensen om �lvdalska


F�rsta konferensen om �lvdalska

Date: 18-Jun-2004 - 19-Jun-2004 Location: Uppsala, Sweden Contact: Yair Sapir Contact Email: yair.sapirnordiska.uu.se

Linguistic Sub-field: General Linguistics Subject Language Family: East Scandinavian

Meeting Description:

This conference contains both scientifical and popular scientifical papers (in Swedish) on the threatened Scandinavian variety of Alvdalska, spoken by some 3000 persons in Dalarna, Sweden, and so far little explored.

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Although related to Swedish, this variety cannot be understood by speakers of the standard language. Alvdalska distinguishes itself from other languages in the region by on one hand preserving a large part of the original Norse lexicon, nasal vowels, opposition between aspirated vs. unaspirated d, grammatical cases and on the other by e.g. introducing new diphtongs and lexical innovations. Functioning as the main language in the Alvdalen parish until few decades ago, Alvdalska is today a highly threatened variety. For more information (in Swedish) see:

http://www.nordiska.uu.se/aktuellt/alvdalska.htm

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