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Studies in the Dialects of Dalarna : An anthology in honour of Stig Björklund on his 75th birthday, 19 February 1994
No full textInnehåll: Gammalt och nytt i älvdalsmålet 1. Rättviksmålets huvuddrag. Andreas Florxus bröllopsdikt på orsamål från år 1676. Ålmålet. En gränsdialekt mellan övre dalmål ochdalabergslagsmål. Malungsmål och skinnarmål i språkprov. En bröllopsdikt på moramål från år 1646. Några diftongvarianter i sollerömål och grannmål i Ovansiljan. Något om övre dalmålens historia, regionala utvecklingoch utforskande. Huvuddrag i Lima—Transtrands sockenmål. Stig Björklunds tryckta skrifter 1944-1993.</p
The adjective grann in Swedish dialect : A semantic and dialect-geographic study
No full textThis study follows and describes the various ways in which the adjective grann is used in Swedish dialects. These dialects are variations of the spoken language which have developed over centuries in different parts of the country. The author believes that a study of usages and meanings of words in the dialects can contribute to the understanding of changes of meaning. Since no word-semantic study based on Swedish dialect material of this kind and scope has been made before (although there are many fine studies of semantic fields), the focus is directed toward the material and the limitations it poses on methods of analysis. A concept of semantic main word (HOsem) is introduced. Dialect-geographical methods are used to find and explain connections between usages and meanings. In this way one can, for example, show that the use of the expression grant om together with a personal subject in a part of Northern Sweden in meanings ranging from 'careful (of)' to 'fond (of)' has been developed locally, whereas the use of the adverb grant in the meaning 'clearly, sharply' with certain verbs is a loan from Denmark. The author also takes a stand in the discussion of the etymology of grann. The context in which the word grann appears is examined and collocations, idioms, proverbs, riddles, etc., in which it appears have been studied. Semantic relations such as synonyms, antonyms and homonyms are also discussed, along with the question of homonymy versus polysemy. For example, the words smal, tunn, klen, fin are very rarely synonyms, but have either the function of describing a different dimension than grann (which refers to the small dimension of a long, more-or less cylindrical object), or are equivalents, that is, they have the same meaning but have different geographical locations.Doktorsavhandling vid Uppsala universitet, 1993.</p
Folklivet i Åkers och Rekarne härader : 4. Talesätt och gåtor
No full textHan tyckte sig ha levt förgäves, indelte soldaten Käcksson, torparen och metallarbetaren Gustaf Ericsson från Södermanland, när han 1894 lämnade det jordiska. Ett långt livs bemödanden att teckna ned bygdens folkminnen hade inte tagits emot som han hoppats. Men det var nog bara så, att tiden inte var mogen. Efter honom fanns över 7 000 handskrivna sidor, personligt, kunnigt, utförligt och ofta roligt skildrande allt från barndop till skörd, dräkt, besvärjelser, visor och gåtor. Av dessa har fem fristående delar av hans anteckningar publicerats: Arbete och redskap (utgiven 1989) Livet i helg och söcken (utgiven 1990) Tro, vantro, övertro (utgiven 1992) Talesätt och gåtor (utgiven 1993) Sockenbeskrivningar. Härad, Fogdö, Vansö, Länna och Dunker. (utgiven 1994