Dangerous multilingualism northern perspectives on order, purity and normality / edited by Jan Blommaert ... [et al.].

Other author Blommaert, Jan.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Palgrave Macmillan,
Descriptionxv, 313 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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Contents 1. Endangering multilingualism / Jan Blommaert, Sirpa Leppänen and Massimiliano Spotti -- Part I. Order - disorder : 2. Finland's official bilingualism - a bed of roses or of Procrustes? / Olli-Pekka Salo; 3. Linguistic diversity as a problem and a resource - multilingualism in European and Finnish policy documents / Tarja Nikula, Taina Saarinen, Sari Pöyhönen and Teija Kangasvieri; 4. Dealing with increasing linguistic diversity in schools - the Finish example / Minna Suni and Sirkku Latomaa; 5. Problematic plurilingualism - teacher's views / Sanna Voipio-Huovinen and Maisa Martin -- Part II. Purity - impurity : 6. Hard currency or a stigma - Russian-Finnish bilingualism among young Russian-speaking immigrants in Finland / Mika Lähteenmäki and Marjatta Vanhala-Aniszewski; 7. Finnish culture and language endangered - language ideological debates on English in the Finnish press from 1995 to 2007 / Sirpa Leppänen and Päivi Pahta; 8. Multilingualism in Nordic cooperation - a view from the margin / Maisa Martin; 9. The dangers of normativity - the case of minority language media / Sari Pietikäinen and Helen Kelly-Holmes -- Part III. Normality - abnormality : 10. Discourses of proficiency and normality - endangering aspects of English in an individual's biography of language use / Tiina Räisänen; 11. Peer normativity and sanctioning of linguistic resources-in-use - on non-standard Englishes in Finnish football forums online / Samu Kytölä; 12. Experiencing multilingualism - the elderly becoming marginalized? / Anne Pitkänen-Huhta and Marja Hujo; 13. When one of your languages is not recognized as a language at all / Elinia Tapio and Ritva Takkinen.
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