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SUMMARY:The problem of finding sources for the study of Norn\, the Scandin
 avian language of Caithness and the Northern Isles. - Dr Ragnhild Ljosland
 \, Centre for Nordic Studies\, University of the Highlands and Islands
DTSTART:20140117T171500Z
DTEND:20140117T190000Z
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CONTACT:David Baker
DESCRIPTION:Norn is an extinct North Germanic variety which was spoken in 
 Shetland\, Orkney and Caitness - the former Norse Earldom of Orkney. The e
 stimates for when the language died out vary from around 1700-1750 (Barnes
  1998\; Knooihuizen 2005) to as late as around 1880 (Rendboe 1984). A long
  period of societal bilingualism preceded its extinction\, with Scots spea
 kers settling in the isles from at least the mid-14th century onwards (Mar
 wick 1929) before the islands were formally passed from Denmark-Norway to 
 Scotland following a royal wedding in 1468. This talk investigates the pro
 blem of finding sources for the study of the Norn language. Early sources 
 may be sought in runic inscriptions and medieval documents\, while late so
 urces include remembered verses and phrases which were written down in the
  18th and 19th centuries. Each of these sources presents its own problems.
  One might also consider whether a substrate of Norn can be traced in the 
 modern dialects spoken in the area. 
LOCATION:Faculty of English\, Room GR-04
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