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Title: Icelandic Heritage in North America
Description: A celebration of cultural inheritance and the evolution of language Mapping the language, literature, and history of Icelandic immigrants and their descendants, this collection, translated and expanded for English-speaking audiences, delivers a comprehensive overview of Icelandic linguistic and cultural heritage in North America. Drawn from the findings of a three-year study involving over two hundred participants from Manitoba, North Dakota, Saskatchewan, and the Pacific West Coast, Icelandic Heritage in North America reveals the durability and versatility of the Icelandic language. Editors Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir, Höskuldur Thráinsson, and Úlfar Bragason bring together a range of interdisciplinary scholarship to investigate the endurance of the “Western Icelander.” Chapters delve into the literary works of Icelandic immigrant writers and interpret archival letters, newspapers, and journal entries to provide both qualitative and quantitative linguistic analyses and to mark significant cultural shifts between early settlement and today. Icelandic Heritage in North America offers an in-depth examination of Icelandic immigrant identity, linguistic evolution, and legacy.
Authors: Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir, Höskuldur Thráinsson, Úlfar Bragason
Resource Type: eBook.
Subjects: Icelandic literature--North America, Icelandic language--North America, International relations
Categories: LANGUAGE STUDY / Scandinavian Languages (Other), HISTORY / North America, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics
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