On the preposition ‘fyri’ in Faroese

Abstract

ÚrtakGreinin er um, í hvønn mun fyrisetingin fyri møguliga kann stýra hvønnfalli, har hon fyrr stýrdi hvørjumfalli, ella um fólk kunnu hava variatión í báðum føllum. Ein spurnablaðskanning vísir, at munur er á málnýtsluni hjá teimum eldru og teimum yngru málbrúkarunum. Háttalagið, sum nýtt er, er ein kvantitativ korrelatiónsgreining. AbstractThe question we adress in this article is to what extent the preposition fyri 'for' might govern the accusative where it used to govern the dative. In order to find out if this is so, young and old speakers of Faroese have answered a grammaticality judgment test, and it is the results of this test that we present the reader for here.

The tunnels are a prerequisite for living here: lessons from the Faroe Islands on how push-pull factors affect populations in small remote communities

“…Thereby, the Faroese have the opportunity to participate and commute to the local central labor market (Hayfield & Rozanova-Smith, 2021). Hovgaard and Kristiansen (2008) argue that mobility is the motor behind a regional form of dwelling, which has given rise to a post-modern Faroese "network society", but also that living in villages is for many first and foremost a socially motivated decision, since villages offer a platform for the lifestyle and values associated with the countryside (see also Gaini, 2011;Hokwerda, 2017;Kristiansen, 2006).…”