Introduction: The Nordic languages and typology

• Published in: Nordic Journal of Linguistics
• Main Authors: Eriksen, Pål Kristian, Wide, Camilla
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2011
• Subjects: Linguistics and Language; Language and Linguistics; Kola Peninsula; Norway; Inari; Iceland; karelia*; karelian; Kildin; kola peninsula; meänkieli; Northern Norway; Northern Sweden; sami
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0332586511000187; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0332586511000187

The theme of this special issue is the languages of the Nordic countries and linguistic typology. By ‘the Nordic countries’ we refer to the five countries of Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Iceland. Genetically, the Nordic languages are divided between the Uralic and the Indo-European language...