You have language – you have power! – Snorre Karkkonen Svensson
House of Languages▸Blog▸ You have language – you have power! You have language – you have power! Snorre Karkkonen Svensson Language is power, and power is gained through language. In language there is power: with it, what does not yet exist can be created. With language we define borders between good and bad, natural and unnatural, […]
Spectres VIII
House of Languages▸For foreign publishers▸ Spectres ▸ Spectres VIII Spectres VIII I had taken care of all the formalities, pocketed my inheritance, and sold the house. I’d made the decision to move to the city. It’s exactly what I’d wanted to do a good while ago, but just when I had begun to make actual plans, […]
Death of a Hen
House of Languages▸For foreign publishers▸ Death of a Hen Death of a Hen Latgale is a region in Latvia, which has historically always been left out and separated from the rest of the country. It has its own struggles, as we all do, but the culture in Latgale is somewhat unique – and there is even […]
Spectres
House of Languages▸For foreign publishers▸ Spectres Spectres Combining a meditative style, features of magical realism and the inexhaustibility of the short story with a polyphonic worldview, the book creates unusual and high-quality prose that highlights specific ambience and characters. Due to the author’s balanced, calm and developed language, spectres rise to the surface. They are different […]
For foreign publishers
House of Languages▸ For foreign publishers For foreign publishers House of Languages as a publishing house is grounded on a deliberate choice to pay attention to those niches, themes and authors which Latvian publishing as a whole does not cover to the extent we wish it did. Our publishing house is open to new linguistic, social, […]
Visiting the festival Dei nynorske festspela in Ørsta, Norway
House of Languages▸About us▸Our projects▸Cooperation and experience exchange…▸ Visiting the festival… Visiting the festival Dei nynorske festspela in Ørsta, Norway At the beginning of June, the representatives of the Language Museum Association, Snorre Karkkonen Svensson and Elīna Kokareviča, together with the representative of the partner organization from Finland, The Swedish Assembly of Finland (Folktinget), Gerd Norrgård, […]
The ideas of the project reach the South Estonians
House of Languages▸About us▸Our projects▸Exhibition on Latgalian and Nynorsk…▸ The ideas of the project… The ideas of the project reach the South Estonians 21.02.2024 On February 20, Snorre Karkkonen Svensson, a board member of the Language Museum Association, who is also the author of the idea of the project Exhibition on Latgalian and Nynorsk: cooperation and […]
A lecture about the Nynorsk language takes place
House of Languages▸About us▸Our projects▸Exhibition on Latgalian and Nynorsk…▸ A lecture about the Nynorsk… A lecture about the Nynorsk language takes place 09.02.2024 On the evening of February 6, when representatives from the Norwegian Museum of Written Culture in Norway visited House of Languages, a lecture Preservation and development of a lesser-used language: Nynorsk case in […]
Final phase of the project: the last partner meeting
House of Languages▸About us▸Our projects▸Exhibition on Latgalian and Nynorsk…▸ What is common and what is… Final phase of the project: the last partner meeting 09.02.2024 From February 5 to 8, representatives from the Norwegian Museum of Written Culture (Nynorsk kultursentrum) in Norway visited House of Languages to participate in the project’s final seminar and other project […]
Latgalian and Nynorsk: Four approaches for comparison
House of Languages▸About us▸Our projects▸Exhibition on Latgalian and Nynorsk…▸ WLatgalian and Nynorsk… Latgalian and Nynorsk: Four approaches for comparison Author: MA Snorre Karkkonen Svensson In order to compare the situation of the two lesser used written languages Nynorsk and Latgalian, we identified four suitable ways of comparison, namely: The situational approach for comparison, a general comparison […]