Søren Sandager SørensenMar 23, 2025

In 1803, Johan Werfel published a grammar of Danish that was supposedly "for women". It was also both "practical and theoretical".

I digitized the book for the @internetarchive and wrote something about the book for #Lingoblog [In Danish]. I'll try to summarize the most interesting points here! I was curious about what it meant that it was "for women" (besides a general interest in reading old grammar books) 🧵

https://www.lingoblog.dk/en-sexistisk-grammatik-dansk-grammatik-for-kvinder-anno-1803/
#linguistics #grammar #sexism #women

En sexistisk grammatik? Dansk grammatik "for kvinder" anno 1803 | Lingoblog

I 1803 blev bogen Theoretisk og practisk Dansk Grammatik for Fruentimmer udgivet, skrevet af Johan Werfel. Jeg er usikker på hvordan jeg er endt med at have

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Søren Sandager SørensenMar 3, 2025
#Lingoblog presents the publication of a new Elfdalian grammar [In Danish] https://www.lingoblog.dk/en-ny-grammatik-af-det-klassiske-elvdalske-sprog-er-udkommet/
En ny grammatik af det ’klassiske’ elvdalske sprog er udkommet | Lingoblog

I september 2024 udkom en ny grammatik over det elvdalske (älvdalska) sprog, som stadig tales – i en moderne form – af ca. 2500 personer i Älvdalen, i det

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Head·word /ˈhedˌwɜː(ɹ)d/ n.Feb 21, 2025

Happy #InternationalMotherLanguageDay !

I wrote this blog post (in Danish) for Lingoblog about #Greenlandic (#Kalaallisut) orthography and other #Inuit writing systems.

https://www.lingoblog.dk/arktiske-modersmaal/

#Lingoblog #orthography #WritingSystem #WritingSystems #InternationalMotherTongueDay

Arktiske modersmål | Lingoblog

I dag fejrer vi Den Internationale Modersmålsdag. Det handler om at skabe opmærksomhed på – og fremme – sproglig diversitet. Derfor gælder det især om at

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Søren Sandager SørensenJan 28, 2025
Peter Bakker describes an adventure looking for a possible mixed language in part of Guyana: https://www.lingoblog.dk/en/expedition-into-the-savannah-and-jungle-to-look-for-a-lost-language/
#linguistics #lingoblog
Expedition into the savannah and jungle to look for a lost language | Lingoblog

(Spanish version, translated by Jonathan Mastai Husum, can be found here)

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Søren Sandager SørensenDec 17, 2024

Patienter bruger skriftsproget på bestemte måder i e-konsultationer - muligvis for at kompensere for manglen på andre nonverbale udtryk, men i hvert fald for at udtrykke affekt, fx smerte

https://www.lingoblog.dk/patienters-sprogbrug-i-e-konsultationen/

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Patienters sprogbrug i e-konsultationen | Lingoblog

Kan patienter udtrykke sig nonverbalt i den skriftlige e-konsultation? De forsøger i hvert fald – og flere af dem lykkes.

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Søren Sandager SørensenDec 11, 2024

Are you in a linguistic Christmas mood?! These songs may help: https://www.lingoblog.dk/en/now-thats-what-i-call-linguistic-christmas-vol-2/

#linguistics #Christmas #Lingoblog

NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL LINGUISTIC CHRISTMAS – Vol. 2 | Lingoblog

I think we can all agree that if there’s one thing that’s better than a compilation album, it’s the second volume of a compilation album! Back in 2020, I

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Søren Sandager SørensenDec 6, 2024
It was the International Day of the Basque language some days ago, which #Lingoblog celebrated with this article: https://www.lingoblog.dk/en/basque-as-an-imperfect-window-into-the-past/
Basque as an (imperfect) window into the past | Lingoblog

Today is International Day of the Basque Language, which we celebrate at Lingoblog with an article by Iván Igartua.

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Søren Sandager SørensenNov 6, 2024
To escape reality, #Lingoblog offers another conlang computer game review: https://www.lingoblog.dk/en/conlangs-computer-games-part-3-ancient-robots-in-space/
Conlangs & computer games, part 3: Ancient robots in space! | Lingoblog

Conlangers are generally aware that their hobby is a little bit inaccessible. It’s one thing that you need some knowledge of linguistics to invent interesting

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Søren Sandager SørensenJul 29, 2024

Lingoblog writes about the South #Jutlandic dialect word "mutte", meaning "(to) kiss". It has a noun form in "mut" or "muttes". They don't consider if it has something to do with the Standard Danish "møs/mys" (also a childish word for a kiss, mainly on the cheek) 🤔

https://www.lingoblog.dk/den-jyske-sommerbrevkasse-mutte/
#lingoblog #Danish

Den jyske sommerbrevkasse: 'Mutte' | Lingoblog

Denne sommer sætter vi fokus på dialekter med en jysk sommerbrevkasse. Spørgsmålene er oprindeligt blevet sendt til og besvaret af Peter Skautrup Centret for

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Søren Sandager SørensenJun 2, 2024
For the EU elections, they're doing "Meet the Parties" on Danish television. This means they're doing "yes/no"-rounds again, where the politician is supposed to only answer yes or no. I wrote about this format earlier, and the interviewer work required, for the 2022 elections to the Danish parlament, which uses the same format (including an initial round of (dis)confirming statements): https://www.lingoblog.dk/en/forced-yes-or-no-response-as-an-interview-format/ #Lingoblog
Forced "yes" or "no" response as an interview format | Lingoblog

Many interviewers may pursue a "clear response" in political interviews by trying to enforce an interviewee to respond with either yes or no. Such

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