Icelanders’ Knowledge of Danish in the 19th Century.
Danish influence in its Icelandic colony was considerable in the 19th century. The Danish language was used for communication with Danes and also played a central role in colonial administration in Iceland. The implementation of mother tongue instruction in the Danish educational system made knowled...
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fticelandunivojs:oai:ojs.hi.is:article/1876 2023-05-15T16:47:45+02:00 Icelanders’ Knowledge of Danish in the 19th Century. Um dönskukunnáttu Íslendinga á nítjándu öld. Hauksdóttir, Auður 2015-04-24 application/pdf https://ojs.hi.is/millimala/article/view/1876 isl ice Milli Mála https://ojs.hi.is/millimala/article/view/1876/888 https://ojs.hi.is/millimala/article/view/1876 ##submission.copyrightStatement## Milli Mála; Árg. 6 (2014): Milli Mála 2298-7215 2298-1918 Danish in Iceland Danish influence proficiency in Danish national identity attitudes toward Danish language info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2015 fticelandunivojs 2022-09-21T13:40:07Z Danish influence in its Icelandic colony was considerable in the 19th century. The Danish language was used for communication with Danes and also played a central role in colonial administration in Iceland. The implementation of mother tongue instruction in the Danish educational system made knowledge of the Danish language necessary for Icelanders seeking an education in Denmark. As many Icelanders had difficulties in understanding and speaking Danish, instruction in the language was increased in the Latin School.In the main trading stations, and in Reykjavik in particular, Danes made their presence felt strongly and Danish culture and the Danish language featured highly in daily life and all relations. This provided opportunities for Icelanders to learn Danish. Some people were in favour of Danish rule and identified with the Danish-Icelandic elite, demonstrating this by speaking Danish or using plenty of Danish loan-words in Icelandic. As popular contemporary printed works in Icelandic were very scarce, many people learned Danish on their own initiative to read newspapers, books and magazines. Danish was a subject in the Latin School and when new schools for younger children appeared near the end of the century Danish was among the subjects taught. Much of the study material in other subjects was also in Danish. Grammar and translation of texts was the dominant method of Danish instruction, which suited well enough for teaching reading and writing, but was less useful in helping pupils to understand or speak the language. Many Icelanders are likely to have had good reading skills but few would have had a command of spoken Danish, especially those who lived in rural areas where dealings with Danes were limited.Keywords: Danish in Iceland, Danish influence, proficiency in Danish, national identity, attitudes toward Danish language Á nítjándu öld gætti töluverðra danskra áhrifa á Íslandi. Dönsk tunga var notuð í samskiptum við Dani og hún gegndi einnig mikilvægu hlutverki innan stjórnsýslunnar. Með ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland University of Iceland: Peer Reviewed Journals Tunga ENVELOPE(8.683,8.683,62.698,62.698) |
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Danish influence in its Icelandic colony was considerable in the 19th century. The Danish language was used for communication with Danes and also played a central role in colonial administration in Iceland. The implementation of mother tongue instruction in the Danish educational system made knowledge of the Danish language necessary for Icelanders seeking an education in Denmark. As many Icelanders had difficulties in understanding and speaking Danish, instruction in the language was increased in the Latin School.In the main trading stations, and in Reykjavik in particular, Danes made their presence felt strongly and Danish culture and the Danish language featured highly in daily life and all relations. This provided opportunities for Icelanders to learn Danish. Some people were in favour of Danish rule and identified with the Danish-Icelandic elite, demonstrating this by speaking Danish or using plenty of Danish loan-words in Icelandic. As popular contemporary printed works in Icelandic were very scarce, many people learned Danish on their own initiative to read newspapers, books and magazines. Danish was a subject in the Latin School and when new schools for younger children appeared near the end of the century Danish was among the subjects taught. Much of the study material in other subjects was also in Danish. Grammar and translation of texts was the dominant method of Danish instruction, which suited well enough for teaching reading and writing, but was less useful in helping pupils to understand or speak the language. Many Icelanders are likely to have had good reading skills but few would have had a command of spoken Danish, especially those who lived in rural areas where dealings with Danes were limited.Keywords: Danish in Iceland, Danish influence, proficiency in Danish, national identity, attitudes toward Danish language Á nítjándu öld gætti töluverðra danskra áhrifa á Íslandi. Dönsk tunga var notuð í samskiptum við Dani og hún gegndi einnig mikilvægu hlutverki innan stjórnsýslunnar. Með ... |
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Icelanders’ Knowledge of Danish in the 19th Century. |
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