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PHILOLOGY. 443
tongue to the more »affected» language of the cultured and have received an
expression in the appearance of an organ devoted to the new Swedish language of
literature: the periodical entitled »Språk och stil» (Speech and Style), edited by
gome students at Uppsala.
In the University city of Southern Sweden, a number of older and younger
minds had, even earlier, become attracted to the study of the King’s Swedish,
from the time that the Swedish Academy, at the suggestion of T. Wisén (1835/92),
decided to take up in earnest the plan of working out a Swedish Dictionary
on a large scale answering to the claims of the time. In 1893, the first part
was published. At that time K. F. Söderwall (born 1842), author of a model
»Dictionary of Medieval Swedish», became Chairman of the Editorial Board.
The investigation in Scandinavian
philology is at present very well
represented. Professor L. F. Läffler (born
1847) has fundamentally contributed to
the comprehension of the phonology and
history of the Teutonic and Norse
languages. The authorship of Professor A.
Noreen (born 1854) has been particularly
fertile and significant. Through his
earliest works he made an era in the
history of dialectical research. Later, he has
published excellent works on Old
West-Scandinavian and Old Swedish grammar,
and general philology. At present he
is publishing a very extensive work on
the Swedish language (»Vårt Språk»).
Very important investigations,
especially in the history of Swedish, have
been made by Professor A. Kock (born
1851), editor of »Archives of
Scandinavian Philology», the leading periodical
in its line. Through his numerous works
Kock has, perhaps more than anyone
else, enriched our knowledge of the early
development of the Swedish language.
Professor E. Tegnér, Jun. (born 1843),
has published some exceedingly clever
works on the philosophy of language and modern Swedish philology, such as »The
Power of Language over Thought» and »On Swedish Gender». Valuable studies have
been made on word formation, and on loan words, especially on the influence of Low
German on Swedish, by Professor F. A. Tamm (born 1847), of whose principal
work, a Swedish Etymological Dictionary, the first parts are issued. Professor
J. G. Ch. Cederschiöld (born 1849) has made himself known as an editor of Old
Icelandic texts, and through his interesting work »On Swedish as a written language»,
E. Hellquist (born 1864) by studies on etymology, and the Swedish of the 17th
century, and O. v. Friesen (born 1870) by treatises on prehistoric Old Northern.
In regard to the study of runes Professor S. M. Söderberg (1849/1901)
and Dr. E. Brate (born 1857) have been industrious. Preparations have long
been made for an extensive standard work on the Runic Inscriptions of Sweden.
The first part of this undertaking, published under the auspices of the Academy
of Literature, History, and Antiquities, has lately appeared, edited by Söderberg.
The Swedish students of Teutonic languages have quite naturally been led to
devote their main attention to the Scandinavian languages. Specific German and
Axel Kock.
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