English in the Nordic Countries : Connections, Tensions, and Everyday Realities
People in the Nordic states – Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland – rank as among the most proficient speakers of English in the world. In this unique volume, international experts explore how this came to be, what English usage and integration looks like in different spheres of society an...
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ftunivhelsihelda:oai:helda.helsinki.fi:10138/569063 2024-02-11T10:05:09+01:00 English in the Nordic Countries : Connections, Tensions, and Everyday Realities Peterson, Elizabeth Beers Fägersten, Kristy Faculty Common Matters (Faculty of Arts) 2023-12-27T07:40:03Z 260 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10138/569063 eng eng 10.4324/9781003272687 978-1-032-22467-1 978-1-032-22468-8 978-1-003-27268-7 Peterson , E & Beers Fägersten , K (eds) 2023 , English in the Nordic Countries : Connections, Tensions, and Everyday Realities . Routledge , Abingdon . https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003272687 ORCID: /0000-0002-6057-1804/work/150719671 09814449-5aef-49dc-a076-90ff4839bc3f http://hdl.handle.net/10138/569063 cc_by_nc_nd openAccess info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess 6121 Languages Anthology or special issue publishedVersion 2023 ftunivhelsihelda 2024-01-18T00:01:23Z People in the Nordic states – Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland – rank as among the most proficient speakers of English in the world. In this unique volume, international experts explore how this came to be, what English usage and integration looks like in different spheres of society and the economy in these countries, and the implications of this linguistic phenomenon for language attitudes and identity, for the region at large, and for English in Europe and around the world. Led by Elizabeth Peterson and Kristy Beers Fägersten, contributors provide a historical overview to the subject, synthesize the latest research, illustrate the roles of English with original case studies from diverse communities and everyday settings, and offer transnational insights critically and in conversation with the situation in other Nordic states. This comprehensive text is the first book of its kind and will be of interest to advanced students and researchers of World/Global Englishes and English as a lingua franca, language contact and dialect studies/language varieties, language policy, multilingualism, sociolinguistics, and Nordic/Scandinavian and European studies. Peer reviewed Journal/Newspaper Iceland HELDA – University of Helsinki Open Repository Norway |
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People in the Nordic states – Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland – rank as among the most proficient speakers of English in the world. In this unique volume, international experts explore how this came to be, what English usage and integration looks like in different spheres of society and the economy in these countries, and the implications of this linguistic phenomenon for language attitudes and identity, for the region at large, and for English in Europe and around the world. Led by Elizabeth Peterson and Kristy Beers Fägersten, contributors provide a historical overview to the subject, synthesize the latest research, illustrate the roles of English with original case studies from diverse communities and everyday settings, and offer transnational insights critically and in conversation with the situation in other Nordic states. This comprehensive text is the first book of its kind and will be of interest to advanced students and researchers of World/Global Englishes and English as a lingua franca, language contact and dialect studies/language varieties, language policy, multilingualism, sociolinguistics, and Nordic/Scandinavian and European studies. Peer reviewed |
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English in the Nordic Countries : Connections, Tensions, and Everyday Realities |
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