essay
Language and society: the ethnolinguistics of Icelanders
anthropology of iceland • Iowa City • Published In 1989 • Pages: 121-139
By: Gísli Pálsson.
Abstract
Icelandic ethnolinguistics, the native perception of language and different ways of speaking, is the primary focus of this paper. Emphasis in the document, however, is not on the language itself, but what Icelandic attitudes to language reveal about Icelandic identity, culture, and society. Much of the empirical data analyzed in this study is derived from the writings of Icelanders on their language and the metaphors and assumptions of the language policy of the mid twentieth century (p. 121).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2004
- Region
- Europe
- Sub Region
- Scandinavia
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 2002
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- ca. 1980s
- Coverage Place
- Iceland
- Notes
- Gísli Pálsson
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 136-139)
- LCCN
- 894657
- LCSH
- Icelanders