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WORKS IN ENGLISH FROM AND ABOUT THE FAROE ISLANDS
848: Thomas, Alastair H[ugh]/Oakley,
Stewart P[hilip]: Historical dictionary of
Denmark
Lanham, Md. (Scarecrow Press) 1998, xxv, 533
[534] pp., references (= European historical
dictionaries series; 33)
<Contains a nuniber of entries about the Faroes,
e.g. ”Faroe Islands”, pp. 154-157; ”Faroes Home
Rule Party (Sjálvstyrisflokkurin)”, p. 157; "Faroese
Language”, pp. 157-158; "Faroese Monopoly”, p.
158; "Heinesen, William”, p. 212 and others>
849: Thomsen, Elsebeth: Brachiopoda in the
Faroe Islands area
in: Fróðskaparrit, vol. 49, 2001, pp. 109-126, 8
ligures, text illustrations, references
<Six species were recorded as part of the BioFar 2
programme, one of which, Platida anomioides, was
new to the Faroes>
850: Thomsen, Rógvi (ed.): From the Atlantic
Edge. 5 Artists from the Faroe Islands
Tórshavn (Tungulist) 2000, 48 pp„ colour
illustrations
<Portraits of Sigrun Gunnarsdóttir Niclasen (* 1950,
Eiði), Kári Svensson (* 1954), Amariel Norðoy
(* 1945, Klaksvík), Eyðun av Reyni (* 1951) and
Astri Luihn (* 1949, Oslo). Introduction in English,
Icelandic and Faroese by Rógvi Thomsen; biographi-
cal information and captions in English. English
translation by Michael Reveal; Icelandic translation
by Ulvur Hjørvar>
851: I>ór, Jón I>.: Fishing Technology.
Fiskeriteknologi
Kruse, Birgir (ed.): Hunters of the North.
Fangstkultur i Vestnorden. Tórshavn (Forlagið
Sprotin) 2002, pp. 134-159, illustrations
<An outline of the development of fishing techno-
logy and hunting techniques in the Faroes, Iceland
and Greenland. Text in Danish and English>
852: Thornhill, Christopher/Ker, Willy:
Faroe, Iceland and Greenland. Cruising
notes
Ed. by The Royal Cruising Club Pilotage
Foundation. St. Ives (Imray Laurie Norie &
Wilson Ltd.) 1998, 102 pp„ numerous ntaps
<Sailing directory; the Faroes on pp. 7-26. lst edition
1995, cf. supplement # 1, no. 643>
853: Thornton, Allan/Gibson, Jennifer: I’ilot
Whaling in the Faroe Islands. A second
report hy the Environmental Investigation
Agency
London (Environmental Investigation Agency)
n.y. [1986], 36 pp„ photographs, tables, 1 map,
references
<”In this seconđ EIA report on the Faroese pilot
whale hunt, we examine the background and history
of the slaughter and assess the claims commonly
repeated by the Faroese authorities in support of
the continuation of the kill”. Quoted from introduc-
tion. Contains on pp. 8-10 a paper on ”The Brain
Structure and Behaviour of Pilot Whales” by G.
Pilleri. Cf. bibliography nos. 0747 and 2168>
854: Thorsteinsson, Arne: Tinganes -
Tórshavn. A brief historical guide
in: Faroe Islands Tourisl Board (ed.): News for
visitors 2001, Tórshavn 2001, pp. 4-5, 3 b/w
photographs, 1 sketch
855:1’ráinsson, Hóskuldur: Syntáctic theory
for Faroese and Faroese for syntactic theory.
An examplc of a symbiotic relationship
in: Braunmíiller, Kurt/Jacobsen, Jógvan í
Lon (red.): Moderne lingvistiske teorier og
færøsk. Oslo (Novus Forlag) 2001 (= Nordiske
Sprográds skrifter), pp. 89-124, 2 fígures, 1
table, references
<The author wants ”... to demonstrate that the
relationship between the Faroese language ... and
modern syntactic theory ... has been a symbiotic one,
namely a relationship from which both sides have
benefitted.” Quoted from introduction>