A case of prestige and status planning: Swedish and English in Sweden
Författare
Summary, in English
The position of English vis-à-vis Swedish in Sweden is gaining attention because of a growing concern that the encroachment of English in certain domains may result in Swedish losing ground. A current language policy proposal, entitled Mål i mun, commissioned by the Swedish government addresses this concern, in part, by outlining recommendations for the respective roles of Swedish and English (a) in primary, secondary, and higher education and (b) in public, commercial, and governmental settings with the aim of strengthening Swedish. The present paper traces the development of this proposal and the relative positions of Swedish and English in its policy recommendations, focusing particularly on status planning and reflections of prestige planning in the document.
Avdelning/ar
- Engelska
- Language, Cognition and Discourse@Lund (LCD@L)
Publiceringsår
2005
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
73-79
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Current Issues in Language Planning
Volym
6
Issue
1
Länkar
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Routledge
Ämne
- Languages and Literature
Nyckelord
- svenska
- engelska
- språkvård
- language planning
- language policy
- English
- Swedish
- språkpolitik
Status
Published
Forskningsgrupp
- Language, Cognition and Discourse@Lund (LCD@L)
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1747-7506