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Publication details [#26279]

Corson, David. 1995. Norway´s "Sámi Language Act": Emancipatory implications for the world´s aboriginal peoples. Language in Society 24 (4) : 493–514.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingual education | education | legal text | native vs. non-native interaction

Language as a subject

Norwegian | Sámi

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

ISBN

0047-4045

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This article deals with the Sámi Language Act (1992), which gave major language and cultural rights to Norway's native Sámi people, and its impact on Norwegian education, resulting in the practice and organization of bilingual aboriginal education.