Sirkku Latomaa
Biographic Data
| ID | 975732 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sirkku Latomaa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sirkku |
| FAMILY NAME | Latomaa |
| SIGNATURE | LATOMAA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Washington |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6552-6543 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Language Situation in Finland
This monograph provides an overview of the language situation in Finland, an officially bilingual country in northern Europe. The national languages, Finnish and Swedish, have equal status, guaranteed in language legislation since 1922. During the 19th century, however, Swedish was still the language of the élite, while Finnish was the language of the common people. Therefore, the main accomplishment during the 19th century was the rapid developm…
"English in contact with "the most difficult language in the world
Article English in contact with "the most difficult language in the world": the linguistic Situation of Americans living in Finland was published on January 1, 1998 in the journal International Journal of the Sociology of Language (volume 1998, issue 133)
Language Maintenance and Language Shift among Four Immigrant Minorities in the Nordic Region
In his (1972) book, The Sociology of Language , Joshua Fishman presents his often-cited typology of language contact situations in the form of a four-cell table: + or − diglossia and + or − bilingualism. Although criticism has been made of this typology and particularly of the predictions based on it, in this paper we operationalize Fishman's concepts of diglossia and bilingualism as presented in this book. We then examine results from a comparat…
Finland as a multilingual society yesterday, today – and tomorrow
The Language Situation in Finland
This monograph provides an overview of the language situation in Finland, an officially bilingual country in northern Europe. The national languages, Finnish and Swedish, have equal status, guaranteed in language legislation since 1922. During the 19th century, however, Swedish was still the language of the élite, while Finnish was the language of the common people. Therefore, the main accomplishment during the 19th century was the rapid developm…
"English in contact with "the most difficult language in the world
Article English in contact with "the most difficult language in the world": the linguistic Situation of Americans living in Finland was published on January 1, 1998 in the journal International Journal of the Sociology of Language (volume 1998, issue 133)
Finland as a multilingual society yesterday, today – and tomorrow
Language Maintenance and Language Shift among Four Immigrant Minorities in the Nordic Region
In his (1972) book, The Sociology of Language , Joshua Fishman presents his often-cited typology of language contact situations in the form of a four-cell table: + or − diglossia and + or − bilingualism. Although criticism has been made of this typology and particularly of the predictions based on it, in this paper we operationalize Fishman's concepts of diglossia and bilingualism as presented in this book. We then examine results from a comparat…
"English in contact with "the most difficult language in the world
Article English in contact with "the most difficult language in the world": the linguistic Situation of Americans living in Finland was published on January 1, 1998 in the journal International Journal of the Sociology of Language (volume 1998, issue 133)
The Language Situation in Finland
This monograph provides an overview of the language situation in Finland, an officially bilingual country in northern Europe. The national languages, Finnish and Swedish, have equal status, guaranteed in language legislation since 1922. During the 19th century, however, Swedish was still the language of the élite, while Finnish was the language of the common people. Therefore, the main accomplishment during the 19th century was the rapid developm…
Sociology (4 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (3 works) · Immigration (2 works) · Language contact (2 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociolinguistics (2 works)