Research at the Department of Scandinavian Languages
From Old Norse to suburban Swedish
Our research
At the Department of Scandinavian Languages the research is focused on these fields:
- Philology and runology: Language history and the development of the Scandinavian languages.
- Multilingualism, related Scandinavian languages and dialects: The study of language acquisition, use and variation.
- Onomastics: The study of proper names and their history and meaning.
- Text and Conversation Analysis: Research about how language is used.
- Language structure and historical linguistics: A focus on grammar.
- Swedish and Swedish as a second language with a didactic focus: How Swedish is taught in schools.
Research projects
Scholarly societies
At the Department of Scandinavian Languages we have multiple organisations with publications focused on certain research areas.
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