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Language policies in Finland and Sweden

by Mia Halonen, Pasi Ihalainen, Taina Saarinen

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In this volume, authors from four disciplines join forces to develop an analysis of political discourse on a comparative and multidisciplinary basis. Language policy is often based on the political use of history, where the remembrance of past experiences by communities, individuals and historical bodies play a fundamental role. These authors see politics and policies as multi-sited by nature, taking place, being constructed, contested and reproduced simultaneously and in different times and places. Theoretically the book draws on the concept of language policy, operationalising it through the.

Language policyLanguage planningSociolinguisticsComparative linguisticsFinland, politics and governmentSweden, politics and government