Voices from above – voices from below. Who is talking and who is listening in Norwegian language politics?

Linn, Andrew

doi:10.1080/14664208.2010.505070

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“…Unsurprisingly, in the era of digital media, the influence of traditional newspapers has declined. More and varied voices, which were previously unheard, can now be heard as competing voices (see Linn, 2010b), with a broader variety of perspectives brought in. Non-specialist discourses have become of special importance, and relationships between institutional and non-institutional social actors have started to change, since non-specialist discourses now tend to put more pressure on institutional bodies.…”

Section: Methodological Framework: New Media As a New Empirical Resoumentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The attitudes expressed by non-professionals in digital media can be treated as ‘the voice of the ordinary language user’ (Linn, 2010b: 115) and thus can be viewed as ‘the voice from below’ (ibid.). Such voices from below are often in conflict with those of linguists and language planners, who, to use Linn's terminology, are commonly ‘very firmly voices from above, the official voice, the voice of authority’ or ‘the planning voice’ (2010b: 116). As Linn (2010b) observes in his analysis of competing multilayered voices in Norwegian language politics, the notion of ‘voices’ is of special importance in language planning.…”

Section: Methodological Framework: New Media As a New Empirical Resoumentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Such voices from below are often in conflict with those of linguists and language planners, who, to use Linn's terminology, are commonly ‘very firmly voices from above, the official voice, the voice of authority’ or ‘the planning voice’ (2010b: 116). As Linn (2010b) observes in his analysis of competing multilayered voices in Norwegian language politics, the notion of ‘voices’ is of special importance in language planning. Language planning from above is often met with objection from below, and more varied voices eventually start changing approaches to language planning through ‘enforced dialogue’ (Linn 2010b: 118).…”

Section: Methodological Framework: New Media As a New Empirical Resoumentioning

confidence: 99%

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Diversity of attitudes to English in non-professional public discourse: A focus on Lithuania

Ruzaitė¹

2017

English Today

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This paper stems from the ongoing debate on the changing role and status of English in different parts of the world, with a special interest in the socio-historical background of a post-Soviet country. The international status of English has given rise to different reactions among speakers, ranging from attraction to resentment (cf. Onysko, 2009: 34). These reactions are expressed in public online discourse, which provides a rich resource of empirical evidence to study public attitudes and language ideologies. Digital media offers an especially important strategic site to disseminate ideologies and shape public opinions. This paper analyses the spectrum of discourses operating within Lithuanian digital media to perpetuate attitudes towards English and the values associated with it.

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Section: Methodological Framework: New Media As a New Empirical Resoumentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Methodological Framework: New Media As a New Empirical Resoumentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Methodological Framework: New Media As a New Empirical Resoumentioning

confidence: 99%

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Diversity of attitudes to English in non-professional public discourse: A focus on Lithuania

Ruzaitė¹

2017

English Today

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“…The sociolinguistic climate of the 20 th century is marked by the internal linguistic competition between the two written standards -Bokmål and Nynorsk, changes and spelling reforms in both the standards, and implementation of the so-called Samnorsk [Common Norwegian] policy to end the language struggle [Jahr, 2002;Linn;Vikør, 2010]. However, this language planning strategy carried out with a goal to develop one written standard in the period 1915-1964 finally was terminated in 1981 [Jahr, 2002].…”

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English Loans in Latvian and Norwegian Sports Columns in the Post-War Period

Platace¹

2016

Scandinavian Philology

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The author of the article examines forms of English borrowings in sports articles in Latvian and Norwegian during the period 1946-2005. The present contrastive analysis reveals similarities and differences of anglicisms as part of the Latvian and Norwegian language vocabulary and tendencies of equivalent formation. The collected data illustrates assimilated loans, hybrids and non-assimilated words. The English pattern shows a tendency to be more favoured in Norwegian than Latvian. Among non-assimilated forms we find instances of original forms with Norwegian inflections and hybrids where one of the components is English, but the other-Norwegian. The attitude towards borrowing from English seems to be rather similar in both languages though with a stronger tendency towards openness in the Norwegian language environment throughout the whole period under research. It can be explained with several factors, such as the language typology and language contact time scale within the Norwegian speaking society and its English language competence. Though now preference for English borrowings has evened out, there is still greater openness to anglicisms in Norwegian than Latvian.

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“…From now on, the agenda was about managing the problem that had arisen prior to official intervention, the problem (although not everyone sees it that way (e.g. Trudgill, 2006 came into direct conflict with the will of ordinary language users, where the voice "from above" sought to shout down the voice "from below" (see Linn, 2010b for a discussion of this notion of voice in language political debate). In the laconic terms of Rambø (1999, p. 40), "the languagepolitical situation which developed in Norway in the 1950s and 1960s was filled with great conflict".…”

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Parallel languages in the history of language ideology in Norway and the lesson for Nordic higher education

Linn¹

2014

English in Nordic Universities

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This chapter compares recent policy on the use of English and Norwegian in Higher Education with earlier policies on the relationship between the two standard varieties of Norwegian, and it charts how and why English became a policy issue in Norway. Based on the experience of over a century of language planning, a highly interventionist approach is today being avoided and language policies in the universities of Norway seek to nurture a situation where English and Norwegian may be used productively side-by-side. However, there remain serious practical challenges to be overcome. This paper also builds on a previous analysis (Linn 2010b) of the metalanguage of Nordic language policy and seeks to clarify the use of the term 'parallelingualism'.

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Voices from above – voices from below. Who is talking and who is listening in Norwegian language politics?

Cited by 16 publications

References 13 publications

Diversity of attitudes to English in non-professional public discourse: A focus on Lithuania

Diversity of attitudes to English in non-professional public discourse: A focus on Lithuania

English Loans in Latvian and Norwegian Sports Columns in the Post-War Period

Parallel languages in the history of language ideology in Norway and the lesson for Nordic higher education

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