Relexification in a Northern Norwegian dialect?

• Published in: Nordlyd
• Main Author: Sollid, Hilde
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2004
• Subjects: Dialect Formation; Relexification; Dialect Syntax; V3; Nordreisa; Sappen
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlyd/article/view/12; https://doi.org/10.7557/12.12

This paper explores how the process of relexification can contribute to the understanding of the genesis of the new Norwegian dialect of Sappen in Nordreisa. The dialect has emerged in the context of language shift from Finnish to Norwegian, and the dialect syntax has features that might be regarded...