Morten H. Christiansen, The William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Psychology, Cornell University and Fabio Trecca, Assistant Professor of Cognitive Science of Language, Aarhus University There are three ...

Norwegian filmmakers Esikld Fors and Anders Øvergaard said they love Denmark and its "slurry" language. Photo: Submitted The Local spoke with Norwegian filmmaker Eskild Fors, whose video poking fun at ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Danish academics have warned of “language death” in the country after the closure of scores of ...

Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales and Soeren Kierkegaard's philosophical tomes were written in Danish. So was the hugely successful 1993 novel by Peter Hoeg, Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow. But ...

I moved to Denmark in January 2001 to live with my Danish girlfriend. Not being able to speak Danish when I arrived was a big obstacle in getting a job. I feel that Danish is a hard language to learn, ...

DENMARK has set out laws to ensure children migrants learn the country's language and if they don’t their parents will stop receiving benefits. At the moment, three-year-olds from migrant families in ...

The way Danes speak makes it much harder for Danish children to learn the language. Fabio Trecca, CC BY-ND A visual depiction of the words for ‘smoked trout’ spoken out loud in Danish (top) and ...