Scandinavian Linguistics

The course focuses on key issues and themes of Scandinavian linguistics in a synchronic and/or diachronic perspective that enhances connections with the methods and approaches of general linguistic studies.

The students will acquire sound and systematic knowledge of themes and problems referred to the linguistic situation and practice in Scandinavia. They will be able to apply knowledge and models in a contrastive perspective, and will develop an attitude to constructive comparison of different realities identifying networks of similarities and differences.