What is language emancipation? Norwegian and other Nordic experiences
The article deals with the concept of language emancipation as an improvement of the position of a language or a dialect. Improvement can vary from liberation from stigma through changes in attitudes to the raising of a language through language planning on different levels, e.g. the introduction of...
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crequinoxpubl:10.1558/sols.v7i1-2.11 2024-06-02T08:10:18+00:00 What is language emancipation? Norwegian and other Nordic experiences Lindgren, Anna-Riitta 2013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/sols.v7i1-2.11 https://journal.equinoxpub.com/SS/article/download/7268/8652 unknown Equinox Publishing Sociolinguistic Studies volume 7, issue 1-2, page 11-32 ISSN 1750-8657 1750-8649 journal-article 2013 crequinoxpubl https://doi.org/10.1558/sols.v7i1-2.11 2024-05-07T13:51:52Z The article deals with the concept of language emancipation as an improvement of the position of a language or a dialect. Improvement can vary from liberation from stigma through changes in attitudes to the raising of a language through language planning on different levels, e.g. the introduction of a language in one or several public domains, official acknowledgement of a language, attainment of status as an official language through legislation, constructing a standard language, etc. Examples from the Nordic countries are presented, including historical cases from the periods of Lutheran reformation (16th century), the Enlightenment (18th century) and the national romanticism (19th century), and contemporary cases of raising minority languages in connection with ethnic renaissance. More focus is given on the situation of the languages of the historical minorities in the northernmost parts of Norway, Sweden and Finland – the Sámi languages, Meänkieli and Kven – and on some problems in their emancipatory processes; the race between revitalisation and assimilation. Article in Journal/Newspaper meänkieli Sámi Equinox Publishing Norway Sociolinguistic Studies 7 1-2 11 32 |
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The article deals with the concept of language emancipation as an improvement of the position of a language or a dialect. Improvement can vary from liberation from stigma through changes in attitudes to the raising of a language through language planning on different levels, e.g. the introduction of a language in one or several public domains, official acknowledgement of a language, attainment of status as an official language through legislation, constructing a standard language, etc. Examples from the Nordic countries are presented, including historical cases from the periods of Lutheran reformation (16th century), the Enlightenment (18th century) and the national romanticism (19th century), and contemporary cases of raising minority languages in connection with ethnic renaissance. More focus is given on the situation of the languages of the historical minorities in the northernmost parts of Norway, Sweden and Finland – the Sámi languages, Meänkieli and Kven – and on some problems in their emancipatory processes; the race between revitalisation and assimilation. |
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What is language emancipation? Norwegian and other Nordic experiences |
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What is language emancipation? Norwegian and other Nordic experiences |
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What is language emancipation? Norwegian and other Nordic experiences |
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What is language emancipation? Norwegian and other Nordic experiences |
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What is language emancipation? Norwegian and other Nordic experiences |
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