Mirja Saari
List of John Benjamins publications for which Mirja Saari plays a role.
Articles
2013 Chapter 14. Language policies in universities and their outcomes: The University of Helsinki in a Northern European context Exploring the Dynamics of Multilingualism: The DYLAN project, Berthoud, Anne-Claude, François Grin and Georges Lüdi (eds.), pp. 299–322 | Article
This chapter explores multilingualism in higher education in the Nordic countries with a particular focus on the University of Helsinki. It applies policy analysis and discourse analytic approaches in an effort to scrutinize the existence of language policies at different levels (EU, national, and… read more
2012 The development of Finnish into a national language Standard Languages and Multilingualism in European History, Hüning, Matthias, Ulrike Vogl and Olivier Moliner (eds.), pp. 179–204 | Article
Finnish was developed into a literary language in connection with the Lutheran Reformation in the 16th century. The first texts in Finnish were translations of the New Testament and other religious literature. Having been a part of the Kingdom of Sweden for six centuries, Finland came under Russian… read more
1978 Über die sprachlichen Verhältnisse der Åland-Inseln Language Problems and Language Planning 2:1, pp. 27–34 | Article
Pri la lingva situacio en Åland-Insuloj Åland-insuloj, en Balta Maro, estas kulture svedaj sed politike finnaj. Ilia lingvo estas la sveda, kies loka formo similas unuflanke al la mezsvedaj dialektoj, aliflanke al la dia-lektoj de la finnlandaj svedoj, minoritato, kiu tamen rapide malkreskas. La… read more