Amanda Hilmarsson-Dunn
Biographic Data
| ID | 6364814 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amanda Hilmarsson-Dunn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amanda |
| FAMILY NAME | Hilmarsson-Dunn |
| SIGNATURE | HILMARSSON-DUNN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Southampton |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Unequal language rights in the Nordic language community
The aim of this paper is to show the implications of using the notion of ‘common culture’ as a basis for a communication policy across language boundaries. There are eight different national languages in the Nordic area, from Greenland in the west to Finland in the east, from Sápmi — the traditional territories of the Sami people in Northern Scandinavia — in the north to Denmark in the south. Additionally, a dozen traditional minority languages a…
The language situation in Iceland
Purist language policies in Iceland have preserved and modernized Icelandic up until the present time. However, the impact of globalization and global English has led to the perception that the language is less secure than in the past and has prompted efforts by policy makers towards greater protection of Icelandic. This monograph presents the current language profile of Iceland, along with the history of Icelandic and the language ideologies und…
Iceland's language technology
Iceland's language policies are purist and protectionist, aiming to maintain the grammatical system and basic vocabulary of Icelandic as it has been for a thousand years and to keep the language free of foreign (English) borrowings. In order to use Icelandic in the domain of information technology, there has been a major investment in language technology. However, this is expensive and time-consuming, and some feel that, with a population convers…
Protectionist Language Policies in the Face of the Forces of English. The Case of Iceland
The language situation in Iceland
Purist language policies in Iceland have preserved and modernized Icelandic up until the present time. However, the impact of globalization and global English has led to the perception that the language is less secure than in the past and has prompted efforts by policy makers towards greater protection of Icelandic. This monograph presents the current language profile of Iceland, along with the history of Icelandic and the language ideologies und…
Protectionist Language Policies in the Face of the Forces of English. The Case of Iceland
Iceland's language technology
Iceland's language policies are purist and protectionist, aiming to maintain the grammatical system and basic vocabulary of Icelandic as it has been for a thousand years and to keep the language free of foreign (English) borrowings. In order to use Icelandic in the domain of information technology, there has been a major investment in language technology. However, this is expensive and time-consuming, and some feel that, with a population convers…
Protectionist Language Policies in the Face of the Forces of English. The Case of Iceland
Iceland's language technology
Iceland's language policies are purist and protectionist, aiming to maintain the grammatical system and basic vocabulary of Icelandic as it has been for a thousand years and to keep the language free of foreign (English) borrowings. In order to use Icelandic in the domain of information technology, there has been a major investment in language technology. However, this is expensive and time-consuming, and some feel that, with a population convers…
The language situation in Iceland
Purist language policies in Iceland have preserved and modernized Icelandic up until the present time. However, the impact of globalization and global English has led to the perception that the language is less secure than in the past and has prompted efforts by policy makers towards greater protection of Icelandic. This monograph presents the current language profile of Iceland, along with the history of Icelandic and the language ideologies und…
Unequal language rights in the Nordic language community
The aim of this paper is to show the implications of using the notion of ‘common culture’ as a basis for a communication policy across language boundaries. There are eight different national languages in the Nordic area, from Greenland in the west to Finland in the east, from Sápmi — the traditional territories of the Sami people in Northern Scandinavia — in the north to Denmark in the south. Additionally, a dozen traditional minority languages a…
Icelandic (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Language policy (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Comprehension approach (2 works)