Language Contacts and Discourses in the Far North
Arctic Encounters explores the complex social, political, and environmental interactions in the Arctic region, focusing on language contacts and discourses in the Far North. Edited by Maria Frick, Tiina Räisänen, and Jussi Ylikoski, the book presents high-caliber scholarship from various experts in...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Springer International Publishing AG
2024.
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| Edición: | First edition |
| Colección: | Arctic Encounters Series
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009792980106719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Transcription symbols
- Abbreviations
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- 1 Language Discourses and Contacts in the Twenty-First-Century Far North—Introduction to the Volume
- 1.1 About This Book
- 1.2 The Linguistic Situation in Finland
- 1.2.1 Two National Languages—Finnish and Swedish
- 1.2.2 The Indigenous Saami Languages
- 1.2.3 English in a Multilingual Society—A Threat or an Enabler?
- 1.3 Finnish Communities in Sweden and Estonia
- 1.4 Language, Language Discourse, and Linguistic Identity
- References
- 2 Managing Differences, Showing (Dis)affiliations: Language Contacts Through the Eyes of the Inhabitants of a Village in Finnish Lapland
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Language Biographies, Attitudes, and Affective Orientation in Interaction
- 2.3 Data and Methods
- 2.3.1 Data Collection, Informants, and Their Languages Briefly
- 2.3.2 Approach
- 2.4 Multilevel, Personal, and Context–Bound Relationships to Languages
- 2.4.1 Variation and Local Identification—Finnish
- 2.4.2 Interest and Resistance—Norwegian
- 2.4.3 From Observations to the Desire to Be More Involved—Saami
- 2.4.4 Getting Along—English and Other Resources
- 2.5 Conclusion and Discussion
- References
- 3 ‘Somewhere Between Engineering and Humanities’: Discourses of Investment in Additional Language Learning Among Students of Higher Education in Finland
