Folkliga fågelnamn : Artnamn för beckasinfåglar i nordiska språk

• Main Author: Boström Andersson, Rut
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Dialekt- och folkminnesarkivet i Uppsala (DFU) 1996
• Subjects: Bird name; specific name; snipe species; dialect; etymology; semantics; dialect geography; ethnology; mythology; ethno-biology; classification; semantic category; naming process; fågelnamn; artnamn; dialekter; Specific Languages; Studier av enskilda språk; Woodcock; great snipe
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sprakochfolkminnen:diva-326

In Scandinavian languages there are many popular bird names, most of which have been recorded in the dialect archives in the Nordic countries. The thesis concentrates on the bird names for snipes, i.e. the common snipe, the great snipe, the jacksnipe and the woodcook, in all approx. 330 different na...