Nordic Languages: An International Handbook of the History of the North Germanic Languages - Volume 2

In recent years and decades, interest in language history has increased in general and also within the field of Nordic studies. Therefore, it seems appropriate to investigate the current state of Nordic language history and, where applicable, to attempt to rewrite it. For this reason, the series editors of HSK expressed a desire to the publisher and the undersigned to publish a new handbook on the history of Nordic languages – an idea which was well-received and the results of which are presented to the public here in this work. Whereas a synopsis of Nordic languages history was previously lacking to a great extent, the aim of this new handbook is to provide an extensive overall picture of linguistic developments in Scandinavian languages, embedded in a broad culture-historical context under consideration of all modern methods available today.