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People in the Nordic states - Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland - rank as among the most proficient speakers of English in the world. In this unique volume, international experts explore how this came to be.
List of contents
Chapter 1. English in the Nordic countries: An introduction
Elizabeth Peterson and Kristy Beers Fägersten
Part I: Background and critical perspectives
Chapter 2. The role of English in the Nordic language system
Johan Strang
Chapter 3. Shifting connections between English and the languages of the Nordic region
Elizabeth Peterson
Chapter 4. Anglicization of the languages of the Nordic countries: Popular culture and everyday discourse
Kristy Beers Fägersten
Chapter 5. Language contact and language change: Impact on the languages of the Nordic countries
Helga Hilmisdóttir and Elizabeth Peterson
Chapter 6. Beyond threat or opportunity: English and language ideological tensions in the Nordic countries
Janus Mortensen
Part II: English in different settings
Chapter 7. Parallelingualism, translanguaging, and English-medium instruction in Nordic higher education
BethAnne Paulsrud and Una Cunningham
Chapter 8. English in the Nordic workplace: Practices, policies, and ideologies
Dorte Lønsmann
Chapter 9. English in Norway’s multilingual North: A rhizomatic view on encounters with historical and transnational diversity
Florian Hiss
Chapter 10. Metapragmatics of "bad" English in Finnish social media
Samu Kytölä
Chapter 11. English in Nordic multilingual families: Couple and family language practices
Kaisa S. Pietikäinen and Louisa Gühr
Chapter 12. English in the Nordic countries: Conclusions
Elizabeth Peterson and Kristy Beers Fägersten
About the author
Elizabeth Peterson is a senior university lecturer in the Department of Languages at the University of Helsinki. She is a sociolinguist who specializes in variation, language contact, language attitudes, and ideologies. An American migrant to Finland, she is especially interested in the dynamics of multilingualism, language rights, and language change.
Kristy Beers Fägersten is Professor of English Linguistics at the School of Culture and Education at Södertörn University, Sweden. Her research disciplines include pragmatics, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, and conversation analysis. Her publications feature analyses of the language of media and popular culture, with a special focus on language play, humor, and swearing.
Summary
People in the Nordic states – Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland – rank as among the most proficient speakers of English in the world. In this unique volume, international experts explore how this came to be.
