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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815771603321

Titolo

Language Planning and Policy in Europe, Vol. 1 : Hungary, Finland and Sweden / / Robert B Kaplan, Richard B Baldauf Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Blue Ridge Summit, PA : , : Multilingual Matters, , [2005]

©2005

ISBN

1-280-55096-1

9786610550968

1-85359-812-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (338 p.)

Collana

Language Planning and Policy

Disciplina

306.4494

Soggetti

Language planning - Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Series Overview -- Language Policy and Planning in Hungary, Finland and Sweden: Some Common Issues -- The Language Situation in Hungary -- The Language Situation in Hungary: An Update -- The Language Situation in Finland -- Language Planning in Sweden -- Biographical Notes on Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

This volume covers the language situation in Hungary, Finland, and Sweden explaining the linguistic diversity, the historical and political contexts and the current language situation, including language-in-education planning, the role of the media, the role of religion, and the roles of minority and migrant languages. The authors have been participants in the language planning context in these polities.