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Author:   Mia Halonen ,  Pasi Ihalainen ,  Taina Saarinen
Publisher:   Channel View Publications Ltd
Imprint:   Multilingual Matters
Volume:   157
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.490kg
ISBN:  

9781783092703

ISBN 10:   178309270
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   10 November 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part 1. Theoretical and Methodological Introduction 1. Mia Halonen, Pasi Ihalainen and Taina Saarinen: Diverse Discourses in Time and Space: Historical, Discourse Analytical and Ethnographic Approaches to Multi-sited Language Policy Discourse Part 2. Language Policies in Parliaments, Legislation and the Media 2. Pasi Ihalainen and Taina Saarinen: Constructing 'Language' in Language Policy Discourse: Finnish and Swedish Legislative Processes in the 2000s 3. Sally Boyd and Asa Palviainen: Building Walls or Bridges? A Language Ideological Debate about Bilingual Schools in Finland 4. Mika Lahteenmaki and Sari Poyhonen: Language Rights of the Russian-Speaking Minority in Finland: Multi-Sited Historical Arguments and Language Ideologies 5. Jarmo Lainio: The Art of Societal Ambivalence: A Retrospective View on Swedish Language Policies for Finnish in Sweden Part 3. Individuals as Constructors and Reflectors of Language Policies 6. Sofia Kotilainen: National Language Policy at the Local Level: The Realisation of Language Legislation in Late Nineteenth-Century Finland 7. Mats Wickstrom: Making the Case For the Mother Tongue: Ethnic Activism and the Emergence of a New Policy Discourse on Non-Swedish Mother Tongue Teaching in Sweden in the 1960s and 1970s 8. Hanna Snellman: Everyday Language Policies: Embodiment of Language-Related Experiences of Finnish Women in Sweden 9. Mia Halonen, Tarja Nikula, Taina Saarinen and Mirja Tarnanen: 'Listen, There'll be a Pause after each Question': A Swedish Lesson as a Nexus for Multi-Sited Language Education Policies Part 4. Epilogue 10. Muiris O Laoire: Multi-Sited Language Policies: Where have we come from and where to from here in Language Policy?

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This excellent book provides a state of the art account of language issues in Sweden and Finland, presented in an interesting theoretical frame. The authors' view that language policy is multi-sited and in constant dialogic development results in a cohesive volume which reveals both the origins and the current complexities of Northern language policy and practice. Sue Wright, University of Portsmouth, UK Thanks to multiple perspectives, the present volume offers valuable insight into how problems caused by different languages have been felt at the grass roots level - among immigrants, in class rooms, during job interviews and in other every-day situations - and how politicians and legislators have sought to solve them. This coherent and well-edited book is definitively worthwhile reading for all who are interested in Scandinavian societal policies or language issues in general. Marko Lamberg, Stockholm University, Sweden

This excellent book provides a state of the art account of language issues in Sweden and Finland, presented in an interesting theoretical frame. The authors' view that language policy is multi-sited and in constant dialogic development results in a cohesive volume which reveals both the origins and the current complexities of Northern language policy and practice. Sue Wright, University of Portsmouth, UK

This excellent book provides a state of the art account of language issues in Sweden and Finland, presented in an interesting theoretical frame. The authors' view that language policy is multi-sited and in constant dialogic development results in a cohesive volume which reveals both the origins and the current complexities of Northern language policy and practice. -- Sue Wright, University of Portsmouth, UK Thanks to multiple perspectives, the present volume offers valuable insight into how problems caused by different languages have been felt at the grass roots level - among immigrants, in classrooms, during job interviews and in other every-day situations - and how politicians and legislators have sought to solve them. This coherent and well-edited book is definitively worthwhile reading for all who are interested in Scandinavian societal policies or language issues in general. -- Marko Lamberg, Stockholm University, Sweden This methodologically innovative volume carefully exposes the construal nature of 'language' vis-a-vis 'national language', 'minority language' or 'home language'. It broadens our understanding of the interconnectedness of local practices and larger policies, and shows how macro level language policies are remodelled, experienced, and acted upon in individual life experiences. -- Taru Nordlund, University of Helsinki, Finland

Author Information

Mia Halonen is a senior researcher at the Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland. Her research interests include language ideologies and policy, sociophonetics, performances, micro analytic and mixed methods, social media and popular culture. Pasi Ihalainen is a professor of Comparative European History at the Department of History and Ethnology, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland. His research interests include comparative history, national identity, parliamentary discourse, and multi-sited constitutional debates. Taina Saarinen is a senior researcher at the Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland. Her research interests include language policy, methodology, and higher education internationalisation.

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