Language culture in Norway: A tradition of questioning standard language norms

The report discusses three recurrently observed examples of norm relaxation in Nether- landic Standard Dutch (first section), and ensuing changes in the Standard

With respect to spoken language, the situation is more complex, as no single language variety has been authorised as a standard for spoken Norwegian, and

But it is unclear today to what extent Cymraeg Byw is still used as a model in the teaching of Welsh, second-language or first-language, spoken or written, and to what extent

While foreign-language literary research spans a variety of methodologies and practices, the position of the foreigner, of being a stranger in another language, as well as in

Adherence to linguistic norms has traditionally played an impor- tant role in Russian language culture, which is also characterized by a strong tradition of linguistic cultivation,

Even as the advancement of Egyptian colloquial as a language variant in media language has been observable for some time, the present article is interesting as it

Department of Language and Culture—UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway;.

EFL teachers working with minority language students need to navigate between multiple languages present in the classroom: the majority language spoken in the community, English as