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Baltic-Finns and Scandinavians : Comparative-Historical Linguistics and the Early History of the Nordic Region

Author

  • Kristian Nilsson

Summary, in English

The study investigates how the early nineteenth century invention of comparative-historical linguistics affected European ethnohistoric thought, and how this process altered ethnohistorical research on the early, pre-Christian history of the Nordic region. The case study of the Nordic region (Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Estonia) includes the discipline histories of Finno-Ugric studies, linguistics and the larger field of intellectual history. The study examines the ethnohistorical narratives on relations between Finno-Ugric-speaking Baltic-Finns and Indo-European-speaking Scandinavians. The study covers a time period from the Middle Ages until 1900, with a chronological focus on the period 1770-1900.

Publishing year

2012

Language

English

Publication/Series

Minervaserien

Volume

17

Document type

Dissertation

Publisher

Avd. för idé- och lärdomshistoria, Lunds universitet

Topic

  • Languages and Literature

Keywords

  • Comparative-historical linguistics
  • Baltic-Finns
  • Scandinavians
  • ethnohistory
  • conceptual history
  • intellectual history
  • the Nordic region

Status

Published

Supervisor

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1650-7339
  • ISBN: 978-91-979095-1-8

Defence date

3 March 2012

Defence time

10:15

Defence place

Sal A129b, Språk- och litteraturcentrum, Helgonabacken 12, Lund

Opponent

  • Lars Elenius (Professor)