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Publication details [#27545]

Wiggen, Geirr. 1995. Norway in the 1990s: A sociolinguistic profile. International Journal of the Sociology of Language (115) : 47–83.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
dialect1 | language and society | multilingualism | sociolinguistics | spoken language | written language
Language as a subject
Finnish | Language of the deaf | Norwegian | Sámi
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter Mouton
ISBN
0165-2516
Journal WWW
www.degruyter.com/journal/key/IJSL/html

Annotation

This paper surveys the contemporary Norwegian language situation, addressing key concepts such as dialectal innovations, spoken language use and variation, the two official written codes, multilingualism, old native languages, minority and immigrant languages, sign language, and issues of sex, gender, address and politeness.