Entry requirements

30 credits in Swedish language, Scandinavian languages or linguistics, or 7.5 credits in Danish, Norwegian or Icelandic

Learning outcomes

Upon completing the course, the student should be able to:

• demonstrate advanced knowledge of the linguistic state of the Nordic countries
• demonstrate a strong understanding of the ways in which the Scandinavian languages ​​have developed through mutual contact with each other and other languages
• contrast the Nordic languages ​​with each other using methods for linguistic analysis
• demonstrate advanced knowledge of the Nordic linguistic situation in oral presentations.

Content

In this module, the student expands their knowledge of the Scandinavian languages ​​and the linguistic situation in Scandinavia. The student practices comparing and analyzing the languages ​​in a social, historical and cultural context. Emphasis lies on the emergence of the linguistic diversity that characterizes the Nordic countries of today, both nationally, socially and regionally, such as the relationship between dialects and the standard variety.

Instruction

Lectures, lessons and seminars.

Assessment

Written and oral assignments.

Under special circumstances, an examiner may make exceptions to the indicated method of assessment and allow a student to be assessed by another method. A certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the University's disability coordinator, for example, may justify an alternative method of assessment.