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Vol. 76:1 (2023) ► pp.23–59

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Linguistic terminology in Swedish and Danish with comparison of Icelandic

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Published online: 19 June 2023
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Abstract
This article examines the acquisition of Swedish and Danish linguistic terminology. Onomasiological in nature, the data gathering for these two languages follows that carried out for Icelandic in an earlier study ( 2022a. Grammatical core terminology in Icelandic: An onomasiological study. NOWELE 75(2). 123–159. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar). The analytical model used builds on that employed in 2022b. Loanwords and native words in Old and Middle Icelandic. Studies in Viking and Medieval Scandinavia 4. Turnhout: Brepols. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar, and the major innovation introduced here is a categorization of loanword typology based on intralexical chronology rather than on external factors (primary vs. secondary borrowings instead of necessity vs. prestige borrowings, respectively). The main findings of the article are: (1) Shared borrowings tend to be primary in Swedish but secondary in Danish; (2) the two languages show differing degrees of adaptation for loanwords, especially seen in the case of Latinate terminology, a phenomenon not found in Icelandic; (3) Swedish and Danish model their linguistic terminology to a great extent on the same languages, Latin and German, whereas Latin and Danish are the most prominent model languages for Icelandic; finally (4) in both languages there is a flourishing of native terminology in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, comparable in quantity and quality to that appearing in contemporary Icelandic data.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Data gathering and methodology of analysis
    • 2.1Principles of data gathering
    • 2.2Model of analysis
  • 3.Linguistic core terms in Iceland, Sweden and Denmark
    • 3.1Icelandic data: Main findings
    • 3.2Swedish data
      • 3.2.1General terminology
        • 3.2.1.1Loanwords
        • 3.2.1.2Native words
      • 3.2.2Phonetics/phonology
        • 3.2.2.1Loanwords
        • 3.2.2.2Native words
      • 3.2.3Morphology
        • 3.2.3.1Loanwords
        • 3.2.3.2Native words
      • 3.2.4Parts of speech
        • 3.2.4.1Loanwords
        • 3.2.4.2Native words
    • 3.3Danish data
      • 3.3.1General terminology
        • 3.3.1.1Loanwords
        • 3.3.1.2Native words
      • 3.3.2Phonetics/phonology
        • 3.3.2.1Loanwords
        • 3.3.2.2Native words
      • 3.3.3Morphology
        • 3.3.3.1Loanwords
        • 3.3.3.2Native words
      • 3.3.4Parts of speech
        • 3.3.4.1Loanwords
        • 3.3.4.2Native words
  • 4.Comparative analysis
    • 4.1Swedish and Danish
      • 4.1.1Loanwords
      • 4.1.2Native terminology
      • 4.1.3Linguistic terminology overall
    • 4.2The Swedish and the Danish linguistic terminology vis à vis the Icelandic
  • Notes
  • References
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