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Language and National Identity : Comparing France and Sweden

Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2001

Online-Ressource (316 p.)

Englisch

Language and National Identity; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Basic concepts; Chapter 3: Theoretical framework; Chapter 4: Language and national identity: A general perspective; Chapter 5: Language and national identity in the national arena; Chapter 6: Language and national identity in the European arena; Chapter 7: Language and national identity in the global arena; Chapter 8: Language and national identity in France and Sweden:A survey; Chapter 9: Conclusion; Notes; Appendix A; Appendix B; Bibliography

Index of subjectsIndex of names; The series IMPACT: STUDIES IN LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY;

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Print version: Language and National Identity : Comparing France and Sweden

978-90-272-9764-8

978-90-272-1848-3 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

978-90-272-9764-8 ( : 173 (NL))

P35.5.F8 O18 2001

306.44/089     Ähnliche Literatur

LOC-SH: Electronic books

Anthropological linguistics ; France ; Anthropological linguistics ; Sweden ; Ethnicity ; France ; Ethnicity ; Sweden ; Nationalism ; France ; Nationalism ; Sweden ; Electronic books

This book re-examines the relationship between language and national identity. Unlike many previous studies, it employs a comparative approach: France and Sweden have been chosen as case studies both for theirsimilarities (e.g. both are member states of the European Union) as well as their important differences (e.g. France subscribes in principle to a civic model of national identity, whereas the basis of Swedish identity isundeniably ethnic). It is precisely differences such as these which allow for a more comprehensive understanding of the ethnolinguistic implications of some of the major c