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A note on the relationship between Scandinavian and Low German

Berg, Ivar
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Date
2016
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Journal of Historical Sociolinguistics 2016, 2(2):189-210   10.1515/jhsl-2016-0012
Abstract
Recent work on language contact between Scandinavian and Low German during the Middle

Ages widely assumes that the varieties were linguistically close enough to permit some kind

of receptive multilingualism, and hence an example of dialect contact. Two arguments that

have been invoked in support of this scenario are the lack of (1) meta-linguistic comments on

flawed understanding, and (2) attested bilingualism. However, towards the end of the most

intense contact period, in the early sixteenth century, there is indeed meta-linguistic information

in the preserved sources suggesting that intelligibility was restricted. Furthermore,

there are also examples of code-switching and active bilingualism indicating that the varieties

were clearly perceived as distinct languages. This paper presents such examples from

Norwegian primary sources that have not been observed in recent scholarship. Based on this

evidence, it is argued that the relationship between the languages by the early sixteenth

century was asymmetric, Scandinavians being able to understand Low German more often

than vice versa.
Publisher
De Gruyter
Journal
Journal of Historical Sociolinguistics

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