Trudgill, Peter: Norwegian as a normal language and other studies in Scandinavian linguisticsFrom Peter Trudgills foreword: The papers in this volume [] were published over a period of more than 40 years, between 1973 and 2016, during which time my views and interests have of course changed and, hopefully, developed. The older pieces may perhaps therefore be of historical interest. Some of the chapters in this book are lengthy papers where I have worked out my ideas about language change and language structure through an examination of the