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Publication details [#58163]

Florian, Hiss. 2013. Tromsø as a “Sámi Town”? – Language ideologies, attitudes, and debates surrounding bilingual language policies. Language Policy 12 (2) : 177–196.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingual education | evaluation | ideology | language attitude | language policy

Language as a subject

Norwegian | Sámi

Place, Publisher

Springer

Annotation

This paper examines local Tromsø newspaper expressions of (conflicting) language attitudes and ideologies regarding the proposed introduction of (administrative) Sámi-Norwegian bilingual policies. Many evaluations appears as behavioral, and only slightly as language judgements.