Language policies in Finland and Sweden
Subtitle: interdisciplinary and multi-sited comparisons
By: edited by Mia Halonen, Pasi Ihalainen and Taina Saarinen
Series: Multilingual Matters -- 157
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Bristol; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9781783092703; 9781783092710
Subjects: Language policy; Language planning; Sociolinguistics; Comparative linguistics
Description: In this volume, authors from four disciplines join forces to develop an analysis of political discourse on a comparative and multidisciplinary basis. Language policy is often based on the political use of history, where the remembrance of past experiences by communities, individuals and historical bodies play a fundamental role. These authors see politics and policies as multi-sited by nature, taking place, being constructed, contested and reproduced simultaneously and in different times and places. Theoretically the book draws on the concept of language policy, operationalising it through the.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.