Icelandic Heritage In North America - 9781772840247

A celebration of cultural inheritance and the evolution of language. Mapping the language, literature, and history of Icelandic immigrants and their descendants, this collection, translated and expanded for English-speaking audiences, delivers a comprehensive overview of Icelandic linguistic and cultural heritage in North America. Drawn from the findings of a three-year study involving over two hundred participants from Manitoba, North Dakota, Saskatchewan, and the Pacific West Coast, Icelandic Heritage in North America reveals the durability and versatility of the Icelandic language. Editors Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir, Höskulder þráinsson, and Úlfar Bragason bring together a range of interdisciplinary scholarship to investigate the endurance of the "Western Icelander." Chapters delve into the literary works of Icelandic immigrant writers and interpret archival letters, newspapers, and journal entries to provide both qualitative and quantitative linguistic analyses and to mark significant cultural shifts between early settlement and today. Icelandic Heritage in North America offers an in-depth examination of Icelandic immigrant identity, linguistic evolution, and legacy. 9781772840247 1772840246 0 BOOK Foreign Language Study http://books.google.com/books/content?id=HgVIzwEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&source=gbs_api http://books.google.com/books/content?id=HgVIzwEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api en 9781772840247

• | Author: Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir, Höskuldur Thráinsson, Úlfar Bragason
• | Publisher: University Of Manitoba Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 14, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 328 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1772840246
• | ISBN-13: 9781772840247