Language Policies In Finland And Sweden

Author : Mia Halonen,Pasi Ihalainen,Taina Saarinen
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781783092703

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Language Policies in Finland and Sweden by Mia Halonen,Pasi Ihalainen,Taina Saarinen Pdf

In this volume, authors from four disciplines join forces to develop an analysis of political discourse on a comparative and multidisciplinary basis. Theoretically the book draws on the concept of language policy, operationalising it through the politics and policies of Finland and Sweden.

Author : Gisa Becker
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783869435152

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Swedish and bilingualism in Finland - Educational situation by Gisa Becker Pdf

Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject Speech Science / Linguistics, grade: 1.7, Åbo Akademi University Vasa, language: English, abstract: Finland is an officially bilingual country with the two national languages Swedish and Finnish. The language situation nowadays bases on the history of the country and important decisions made throughout the years. This thesis will at first show the historical background of the language development and describe the contemporary language situation. Afterwards the development of the language situation in Finnish education will be presented and in the end the special (language) situation of the Åland islands will be described. This essay will not deal with the treatment of other languages than Finnish and Swedish in Finland. There exist for example regulations concerning the Nordic and Sámi languages (cp. McRae, 1999, p. 230-231). In addition, it will not treat preschool education, adult education or vocational education.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781853598128

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by Anonim Pdf

Author : Sally Boyd,Leena Marjatta Huss
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1853595586

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Managing Multilingualism in a European Nation-state by Sally Boyd,Leena Marjatta Huss Pdf

This text analyzes recent shifts in Swedish language policy. Special focus is given to the complex relationships of the Swedish language to both English and to indigenous and immigrant minority languages in Sweden. Key issues addressed include the current debate concerning Sweden's official majority and minority languages; the position of immigrant and indigenous languages in the Swedish school system, the influence of the spread of English on the use of Swedish, particularly in writing; and the role of Swedish within the European Union. The contributions synthesize research on the status of languages currently used in Sweden as well as policy initiatives, and taken together the papers accurately present the many sides of the complex debate taking place there. While this book focuses on one country's struggle for multilingualism, the issues presented here are highly relevant and accessible to all readers interested in linguistic rights and language policy.

Author : Robert B. Kaplan,Richard B. Baldauf
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Language planning
ISBN : 1853598135

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Language Planning and Policy in Europe: Hungary, Finland, and Sweden by Robert B. Kaplan,Richard B. Baldauf Pdf

Author : F. Xavier Vila Moreno,Vanessa Bretxa
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781783092772

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Language Policy in Higher Education by F. Xavier Vila Moreno,Vanessa Bretxa Pdf

In today's increasingly interconnected, knowledge-based world, language policy in higher education is rapidly becoming a crucial area for all societies aiming to play a part in the global economy. The challenge is double faceted: how can universities retain their crucial role of creating the intellectual elites who are indispensable for the running of national affairs and, at the same time, prepare their best-educated citizens for competition in a global market? To what extent is English really pushing other languages out of the academic environment? Drawing on the experience of several medium-sized language communities, this volume provides the reader with some important insights into how language policies can be successfully implemented. The different sociolinguistic contexts under scrutiny offer an invaluable comparative standpoint to understand what position can – or could – be occupied by each language at the level of higher education.

Author : Taina Saarinen
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783030609023

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Higher Education, Language and New Nationalism in Finland by Taina Saarinen Pdf

The book discusses recycled discourses of language and nationalism in Finnish higher education, demonstrating the need to look beyond language in the study of language policies of higher education. It analyses the historical and political layeredness of language policies as well as the intertwined nature of national and international developments in understanding new nationalism. Finnish higher education language policies were fuelled by the dynamics and tensions between the national languages Finnish and Swedish until the 2000s, when English begins to catalyse post nationalist discourses of economy and competitiveness. In the 2010s, English begins to be seen as a threat to Finnish. Educational, economic and epistemic nationalism emerge as the main cycles of new nationalist language policies in Finnish higher education. The book will be of interest to language policy and higher education scholars and practitioners, as well as graduate students language policy and higher education.

Author : Erik Allardt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Finland
ISBN : UOM:39015034787088

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Finland's Swedish Speaking Minority by Erik Allardt Pdf

Author : William R. Beer,James E. Jacob
Publisher : Government Institutes
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0865980586

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Language Policy and National Unity by William R. Beer,James E. Jacob Pdf

The central focus of each chapter is language policy and how it accomplishes-or fails to accomplish-the task of maintaining national unity in the face of linguistic diversity. Included among the nations considered are examples of postcolonial cultures, as well as nations that have sheltered linguistic minorities within their borders throughout their history, countries fragmented into tribal groups, and those divided by a plethora of local dialects.

Author : Kenneth Douglas McRae,Mika Helander,Sari Luoma
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 9780889203471

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Conflict and Compromise in Multilingual Societies by Kenneth Douglas McRae,Mika Helander,Sari Luoma Pdf

Conflict and Compromise, Volume 3: Finland examines historical and developmental patterns during the Swedish, Russian and post-independence periods of Finland's history. McRae outlines Finland's changing social structures, showing how the language groups have evolved within these structures in the twentieth century. He compares how Finnish-speaking and Swedish-speaking citizens perceive themselves and other language groups, as well as the similarities and differences in their views on political and social issues. Further, the book describes in detail the constitutional and institutional arrangements for languages in Finland's political and administrative system, as well as in education and the mass media.

Author : Lars S. Vikør
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Language planning
ISBN : UOM:39015032479423

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The Nordic Languages by Lars S. Vikør Pdf

Author : Richard B. Baldauf,Robert B. Kaplan
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1853594830

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Language Planning in Nepal, Taiwan, and Sweden by Richard B. Baldauf,Robert B. Kaplan Pdf

This volume covers the language situation in Nepal, Taiwan and Sweden explaining the minority language situation, the linguistic diversity, the historical and political contexts and the current language situation - including language-in-education planning, the role of the media, the role of religion, and the roles of non-indigenous languages, especially English. The authors have had long-term involvement in the language planning context.

Author : Mila Schwartz,Anna Verschik
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789400777538

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Successful Family Language Policy by Mila Schwartz,Anna Verschik Pdf

This book presents the forefront of research in the emerging field of family language policy. This is the first volume to explore the link between family language policy, practice and management in the light of state and community language policy in more than 20 ethno-linguistic communities worldwide. Contributions by leading scholars from eight countries and three continents offer insights in how family language policy might be interpreted from various theoretical perspectives, using innovative methodologies. In particular, the authors present novel data on successful family language practices such as faith-related literacy activities and homework sessions, as well as management, including prayer, choice of bilingual education, and links with mainstream and complementary learning, which permit the realization of language ideology within three contexts: immigrant families, inter-marriage families, and minority and majority families in conflict-ridden societies.

Author : F. Xavier Vila,Vanessa Bretxa
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781783092758

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Language Policy in Higher Education by F. Xavier Vila,Vanessa Bretxa Pdf

This volume deals with multilingualism in higher education by focusing on a number of medium-sized languages. It explores how these languages achieved the status of lingua academica, reviews the social functions they serve as means of instruction, research and administration, and analyses the challenges posed to them by globalisation.

Author : Robert B. Kaplan,Richard B. Baldauf
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1853598119

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Language Planning and Policy in Europe by Robert B. Kaplan,Richard B. Baldauf Pdf

This volume covers the language situation in Hungary, Finland, and Sweden explaining the linguistic diversity, the historical and political contexts and the current language situation, including language-in-education planning, the role of the media, the role of religion, and the roles of minority and migrant languages. The authors have been participants in the language planning context in these polities.