Language, society and identity in early Iceland:
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| Beschreibung: | "Language, Society and Identity in early Iceland offers a much-needed exploration into the problem of linguistic and social identity construction in early Iceland, and is a fascinating account of an under examined historical-linguistic story that will spur further research and discussion amongst researchers. Engages with recent theoretical research on dialect formation and language isolation Makes a significant contribution to our understanding of dialect development, putting forward a persuasive hypothesis accounting for the lack of dialect variation in Icelandic Uses a unique, multi-disciplinary approach that brings together material from a wide range of fields for a comprehensive examination of the role of language in identity construction Opens up opportunities for further research, especially for those concerned with language and identity in Iceland today, where there is for the first time sociolinguistic variation "-- Provided by publisher. -- "The language of a speech community can only act as an identity marker for all of its speakers if a standard is widely shared and if a minimal number of language varieties are spoken. This book examines how one dialect came to serve the whole of Iceland. The language community that we can reconstruct for early Iceland should have led to the establishment and maintenance of dialects. But this didn't happen. Iceland was instead characterized by long-term linguistic homogeneity. Using the most recent sociolinguistic theory, and drawing on history and archaeology, Stephen Pax Leonard explores some of the reasons for the unusual development of the Icelandic language, showing how the Icelandic identity developed through the establishment of social structures and their literary culture. With its rich literature, the language became the single most important factor for the identity of the Icelanders. Language, Society and Ide Includes bibliographical references |
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Autor: Leonard, Stephan Pax
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgements v
List of tables and maps vii
Abbreviations and conventions viii
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Aims of the present study 1
1.2 Organisation of study 4
1.3 The settlement of Iceland 5
1.4 The establishment of social structures 6
1.5 The language of the Icelanders 9
1.6 Sources 11
1.6.1 Historical texts 12
1.6.2 Religious works 15
1.6.3 Law codes 16
1.6.4 Grammatical Treatises 18
1.6.5 Poetry 19
1.6.6 Saga material 21
2 Language and identity: theoretical considerations 24
2.1 Introduction 24
2.2 Socio-historical linguistics and sociolinguistic theory 25
2.3 Language change and norms 27
2.3.1 Intra-linguistic versus extra-linguistic explanations 29
of language change
2.4 Language and dialect contact 30
2.4.1 Dialect levelling and koineisation 31
2.4.2 Markedness in tabula rasa dialect-formation 34
2.5 Language and dialect isolation 35
2.5.1 Drift 37
2.6 Language development in tabula rasa societies 38
2.6.1 Language community types (and settlement patterns) 38
2.6.2 A deterministic model versus social factors 40
2.6.3 The Founder Principle and prestige 41
2.7 Identity: essentiaiism versus constructivism 42
2.7.1 Personal identity and group membership 42
2.7.2 Place and identity 43
2.8 Language and identity 44
2.8.1 Accommodation and networks 47
2.8.2 Accommodation Theory 47
2.8.3 Social network theory and language change 48
2.8.4 Deixis, pronouns and identity 50
2.9 Conclusion 51
3 Norm-establishment in Iceland 54
3.1 Introduction 54
3.2 Norse dialectal variation prior to the Settlement 58
3.2.1 The runic evidence 58
3.2.2 Runic evidence and the spoken language 61
3.3 The settlers: geographic origins and social mobility 62
3.3.1 The geographic origins of the settlers 62
3.3.2 Social background and mobility of the settlers 64
3.3.3 The status of Norse and Common Gaelic at the time 66
of the Settlement
3.4 Dialect features in Iceland, the Faroe Islands and south-west 67
Norway
3.5 Iceland as a new society 70
3.5.1 Features of new societies 70
3.6 Language development in early Iceland 72
3.6.1 The mixture theory 74
3.6.2 Dialect levelling in early Iceland 75
3.6.3 The basis for koineisation 77
3.7 Establishment of a linguistic norm in Iceland 80
3.7.1 Pre- and post-Settlement linguistic norms 80
3.7.2 Spoken norms and standardised written languages 81
3.7.3 The establishment of a norm: skaldic poetry (and the laws) 82
3.7.4 The establishment of a norm: the role of the sagas 85
3.8 The homogeneity of Icelandic 86
3.8.1 Background 86
3.8.2 Factors explaining the homogeneity of Icelandic 87
3.9 Conclusion 89
4 Social structures in the lexicon 91
4.1 Introduction 91
4.2 Social identity and Icelandic social structures 93
4.2.1 Emerging social structures and identities 93
4.2.2 Characteristics of Icelandic social structures: role of the law 95
4.2.3 The significance of assembly-attachment 98
4.3 Specific Icelandic social structures 100
4.3.1 hreppr ( commune ) 100
4.3.2 buar ( neighbours ) 101
4.3.3 albingi ( General Assembly ) and logretta ( Law Council ) 103
4.3.4 godar ( chieftains ) 105
4.4 Individual identity and Icelandic kinship structures 108
4.4.1 landndm ( Settlement ) and kinship structures 108
4.4.2 Kinship and land-transfer 110
4.4.3 Genealogies and identity 111
4.4.4 Icelandic kinship terminology: cousin terms 113
4.5 Conclusion 114
5 Perception and use of language as an identity marker 116
5.1 Introduction 116
5.2 Icelanders perceptions of foreign languages 118
5.2.1 References to a foreign language 118
5.2.2 References to Irish 119
5.3 A vernacular identity: donsk tunga, norrana and its speakers 121
5.3.1 The donsk tunga as an identity marker 121
5.3.2 norrana as an identity marker 123
5.3.3 Norse dialectical variation and Anglo-Norse intelligibility 124
5.3.4 Representations of identity within West Norse 127
5.4 Grammatical variables as identity markers 128
5.4.1 Agreeing possessive adjectives 128
5.4.2 Pronominal usage in the early Icelandic law codes 132
5.4.3 The they 133
5.4.4 The we 135
5.5 Spatial references: the issue of identity 136
5.5.1 Spatio-directional particles 136
5.5.2 Idiomatic use of spatial grammar 139
5.5.3 Semantics of orientation: the Norwegian system 141
5.5.4 Semantics of orientation: the Quarter-based system 141
5.6 Conclusion 143
6 Conclusion 144
References 147
Index 184
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| title | Language, society and identity in early Iceland |
| title_auth | Language, society and identity in early Iceland |
| title_exact_search | Language, society and identity in early Iceland |
| title_full | Language, society and identity in early Iceland Stephen Pax Leonard |
| title_fullStr | Language, society and identity in early Iceland Stephen Pax Leonard |
| title_full_unstemmed | Language, society and identity in early Iceland Stephen Pax Leonard |
| title_short | Language, society and identity in early Iceland |
| title_sort | language society and identity in early iceland |
| topic | Alltag, Brauchtum Geschichte Linguistik Anthropological linguistics Iceland Ethnology Iceland Sociolinguistics Iceland Icelanders Ethnic identity Icelandic language History Icelandic language Morphology Old Norse language History LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General bisacsh Isländisch (DE-588)4120209-0 gnd Altisländisch (DE-588)4001529-4 gnd Soziolinguistik (DE-588)4077623-2 gnd |
| topic_facet | Alltag, Brauchtum Geschichte Linguistik Anthropological linguistics Iceland Ethnology Iceland Sociolinguistics Iceland Icelanders Ethnic identity Icelandic language History Icelandic language Morphology Old Norse language History LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General Isländisch Altisländisch Soziolinguistik Iceland Civilization History Iceland Social life and customs |
| url | http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=025180037&sequence=000002&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |
| volume_link | (DE-604)BV002779903 |
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