Icelandic Language and Society

Undergraduate course

Course description

Learning Outcomes

The course focuses on certain linguistic topics of modern Icelandic. The aim of the course is to give students a good knowledge of some linguistic topics of modern Icelandic. Those topics are historical development of the Icelandic language, word-formation and productivity, dialects, language policy (purism, neologism) and the relation between language and society. For further information about learning outcome, please see course description in Norwegian.

Semester of Instruction

Spring
Required Previous Knowledge
Students must have a good knowledge of the Norwegian language.
Credit Reduction due to Course Overlap
ISL101