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Adding engaging context to the dictionary section is an extensive comparative guide to naming practices. The authors discuss immigration to North America from Scandinavia and the ways given names and surnames were adapted in the New World. Also included in the book is a history of Scandinavian names, information on "Name Days," and discussion of significant names from mythology and history, including naming traditions in royal families.
Adding engaging context to the dictionary section is an extensive comparative guide to naming practices. The authors discuss immigration to North America from Scandinavia and the ways given names and surnames were adapted in the New World. Also included in the book is a history of Scandinavian names, information on "Name Days," and discussion of significant names from mythology and history, including naming traditions in royal families.
Nancy L. Coleman taught English, German, and Norwegian at a high school in Hamar, Norway, and is editor and translator of the English-Norwegian/Norwegian-English dictionary Password. Olav Veka is president of the Norwegian Name Association (Norsk namnelag) and the author of many reference works and textbooks on Norwegian language, literature, and names. He contributed the entries on Norwegian and Danish surnames to the Oxford Dictionary of American Family Names.
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2003 |
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Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
Genre: | Geschichte, Importe |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Thema: | Lexika |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9780299248345 |
ISBN-10: | 0299248348 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Coleman, Nancy L |
Hersteller: | University of Wisconsin Press |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 229 x 155 x 15 mm |
Von/Mit: | Nancy L Coleman |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 18.08.2003 |
Gewicht: | 0,297 kg |
Nancy L. Coleman taught English, German, and Norwegian at a high school in Hamar, Norway, and is editor and translator of the English-Norwegian/Norwegian-English dictionary Password. Olav Veka is president of the Norwegian Name Association (Norsk namnelag) and the author of many reference works and textbooks on Norwegian language, literature, and names. He contributed the entries on Norwegian and Danish surnames to the Oxford Dictionary of American Family Names.
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2003 |
---|---|
Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
Genre: | Geschichte, Importe |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Thema: | Lexika |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9780299248345 |
ISBN-10: | 0299248348 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Coleman, Nancy L |
Hersteller: | University of Wisconsin Press |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 229 x 155 x 15 mm |
Von/Mit: | Nancy L Coleman |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 18.08.2003 |
Gewicht: | 0,297 kg |