Research at the Department of Scandinavian Languages

At the Department of Scandinavian Languages the research is focused on these fields:

• Philology and runology: Language history and the development of the Scandinavian languages.
• Multilingualism, related Scandinavian languages and dialects: The study of language acquisition, use and variation.
• Onomastics: The study of proper names and their history and meaning.
• Text and Conversation Analysis: Research about how language is used.
• Language structure and historical linguistics: A focus on grammar.
• Swedish and Swedish as a second language with a didactic focus: How Swedish is taught in schools.