The Saami languages and Finnish language legislation : a short historical overview
Finland’s political, social and cultural conditions were transformed after its handover from Sweden to Russia in 1809. Emperor Alexander 1st strongly supported the majority language, Finnish, which had not previously enjoyed official status. The official language had long been Swedish, although some...
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ftjyvaeskylaenun:oai:jyx.jyu.fi:123456789/56948 2023-05-15T18:08:13+02:00 The Saami languages and Finnish language legislation : a short historical overview Capdeville, Sophie Alix Tuomarla, Ulla Piechnik, Iwona Bíró, Bernadett 2017 512 11-26 application/pdf http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201801291364 eng eng Jagiellonian Library; University of Helsinki Finland Suomi 100 : language, culture, history https://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/48961 978-83-949716-2-5 Capdeville, S. A. (2017). The Saami languages and Finnish language legislation : a short historical overview. In U. Tuomarla, I. Piechnik, & B. Bíró (Eds.), Finland Suomi 100 : language, culture, history (pp. 11-26). Jagiellonian Library; University of Helsinki. https://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/48961 CONVID_27876912 TUTKAID_76676 URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201801291364 http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201801291364 © the Author, 2017. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License. openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/deed.en CC-BY-NC-SA Saami language saamelaiskielet suomen kieli lainsäädäntö kielipolitiikka bookPart http://purl.org/eprint/type/BookItem book part publishedVersion 2017 ftjyvaeskylaenun 2023-03-01T23:58:56Z Finland’s political, social and cultural conditions were transformed after its handover from Sweden to Russia in 1809. Emperor Alexander 1st strongly supported the majority language, Finnish, which had not previously enjoyed official status. The official language had long been Swedish, although some authorities did try from time to time to support the use of the vernacular, such as in elementary education and in the translation of some legislation. The 19th century was marked by increasing nationalism in Finland, with the country seeking to strengthen its autonomous status despite several clampdowns. As has often been observed, the Finnish nation, which can be characterised as an “imagined community” – a term coined by Benedict Anderson – emerged during that time. This emergence coincided with the development of the national literature, including the publication of the national epic, the Kalevala. As Anderson demonstrates, many incipient nations developed along with the growth of printed newspapers and literature, or as he designates it, “print-capitalism” (Anderson 1996: 30–32). peerReviewed Book Part saami JYX - Jyväskylä University Digital Archive Benedict ENVELOPE(-66.585,-66.585,-66.157,-66.157) |
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Finland’s political, social and cultural conditions were transformed after its handover from Sweden to Russia in 1809. Emperor Alexander 1st strongly supported the majority language, Finnish, which had not previously enjoyed official status. The official language had long been Swedish, although some authorities did try from time to time to support the use of the vernacular, such as in elementary education and in the translation of some legislation. The 19th century was marked by increasing nationalism in Finland, with the country seeking to strengthen its autonomous status despite several clampdowns. As has often been observed, the Finnish nation, which can be characterised as an “imagined community” – a term coined by Benedict Anderson – emerged during that time. This emergence coincided with the development of the national literature, including the publication of the national epic, the Kalevala. As Anderson demonstrates, many incipient nations developed along with the growth of printed newspapers and literature, or as he designates it, “print-capitalism” (Anderson 1996: 30–32). peerReviewed |
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