Fun and Puzzles in Modern Scandinavian Studies
Edited by Erika Sausverde and Ieva Steponavičiūtė
Vilnius University: 2014
ISBN: 978-609-459-442-7
Scandinavistica Vilnensis (vol. 9), ISSN: 2029-2112
Fun and Puzzles in Modern Scandinavian Studies is a collection of articles by Scandinavists from around the globe. By presenting their recent scholarly findings, this volume covers a broad range of topics in Scandinavian linguistics, mythology, literature, and sociology.
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Contents:
Ērika Sausverde. 20 Years of Scandinavian Studies at Vilnius University – Feast, Play and Puzzles 9
Thomas Bredsdorff. Feminism with a Good Laugh – Holberg, Irony, and Equal Rights 17
Aurelija Griškevičienė. Jolly and Less Jolly Challenges in Working on the Norwegian-Lithuanian Dictionary 27
Elena Krasnova. Compounding in Danish 41
Axel Holvoet, Birutė Spraunienė. Ad hoc Taxonomies: A Baltic Parallel to the Scandinavian Absolute Positives 47
Jurij Kusmenko. Samer som övernaturliga väsen i fornnordisk litteratur 63
Anatoly Liberman. Are the Scandinavian Gods of Indo-European Heritage? 83
Tom Lundskær-Nielsen. The Language of Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales –Compared with Earlier Tales 97
Irina Matycina. Översättning av officiella texter och affärstexter från svenska till ryska och från ryska till svenska 113
Tomas Riad. Högt och lågt i skandinaviska dialekter 123
Ieva Steponavičiūtė. Precious Play in Morten Søndergaard’s Ordapotek 143
Daniel Sävborg. Gåtfullhet i sagalitteraturen 155
Aurelijus Vijūnas. On the Old Icelandic Riddle Collection Heiðreksgátur 167
David Östlund. “Laissez-faire under a bell jar.” Marquis Childs and the Sweden-fad of the Roosevelt Era 181