Institute for Dialectology, Onomastics and Folklore Research in Umeå
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DAUM, the Institute for Dialectology
, Onomastics and Folklore
Research in Umeå
, is a Swedish
governmental archive bureau which collects, preserves, works up and provides information about dialects, place names, folklore culture and local history. DAUM is part of the Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore
.
Dialectology
Dialectology is the scientific study of linguistic dialect, a sub-field of sociolinguistics. It studies variations in language based primarily on geographic distribution and their associated features...
, Onomastics and Folklore
Folklore
Folklore consists of legends, music, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, fairy tales and customs that are the traditions of a culture, subculture, or group. It is also the set of practices through which those expressive genres are shared. The study of folklore is sometimes called...
Research in Umeå
Umeå
- Transport :The road infrastructure in Umeå is well-developed, with two European highways passing through the city. About 4 km from the city centre is the Umeå City Airport...
, is a Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
governmental archive bureau which collects, preserves, works up and provides information about dialects, place names, folklore culture and local history. DAUM is part of the Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore
Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore
The Institute for Language and Folklore, , is a Swedish government agency with the purpose of studying and collecting materials concerning dialects, folklore and onomastics....
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