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Publication details [#43023]

Hult, Francis M. 2005. A Case of Prestige and Status Planning: Swedish and English in Sweden. Current Issues in Language Planning 6 (1) : 73–79.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

language planning | language policy | language status | prestige

Language as a subject

English | Swedish

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This article traces the development of a current Swedish Government's language policy proposal and the relative (status and prestige) positions of Swedish and English in educational, public, commercial and governmental settings in its policy recommendations.