The Influence of English in Scandinavia: Three studies of language attitudes and change

Bent Preisler

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    Margrethe Heidemann Andersen. 2004. Engelsk i dansk: Sprogholdninger i Danmark. Helt vildt sjovt eller wannabeagtigt og ejendomsmæglerkækt. [English in Danish: Language attitudes in Denmark]. Copenhagen: Dansk Sprognævns Skrifter [Publications of the Danish Language Council], no. 33. 254 pp. including summary in English. ISBN 87-89410-15-7.

    Pia Jarvad. 2001. Det danske sprogs status i 1990'erne - med særligt henblik på domæne­tab. København [The Status of the Danish Language in the 1990s, with special reference to domain loss]. Copenhagen: Dansk Sprognævns Skrifter [Publications of the Danish Language Council] no. 32. 170 pp. ISBN 87-89410-11-4.

    Stig Johansson & Anne-Line Graedler. 2002. Rocka, hipt og snacksy: om engelsk i norsk språk og samfunn. [Rocka, hipt og snacksy: English in Norwegian language and society]. Kristiansand: Høyskoleforlaget. 318 pp. ISBN 82-7634-452-6.

    Original languageEnglish
    JournalInternational Journal of the Sociology of Language
    Volume2010
    Issue number204
    Pages (from-to)161-172
    Number of pages11
    ISSN0165-2516
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jul 2010

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    Keywords

    • English in Danish
    • domain loss
    • language attitudes
    • language policy

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