Constructions of Bilingualism in Finnish Government Programmes and a Newspaper Discussion Site Debate

Autor/inn/en	Pöyhönen, Sari; Saarinen, Taina
Titel	Constructions of Bilingualism in Finnish Government Programmes and a Newspaper Discussion Site Debate
Quelle	In: Current Issues in Language Planning, 16 (2015) 4, S.392-408 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1747-7506
DOI	10.1080/14664208.2014.979650
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Bilingualism; Language Attitudes; Swedish; Finno Ugric Languages; Public Policy; Newspapers; Official Languages; Language Planning; Health Services; Discourse Analysis; Political Attitudes; Language of Instruction; Computer Mediated Communication; Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Bilingualismus; Sprachverhalten; Schwedisch; Öffentliche Ordnung; Newspaper; Zeitung; Office language; Amtssprache; Sprachwechsel; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Diskursanalyse; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Computerkonferenz; Finnland
Abstract	The concept of bilingualism in Finnish political discourse is predominantly used in the meaning of official or state bilingualism, focusing on the two constitutionally defined "national languages;" that is, Finnish and Swedish. Legally, both Finnish and Swedish-speakers have a right for public services, such as schooling or health care, in their first language. On the other hand, several language ideological debates have taken place in recent years, challenging especially the status of Swedish in administration and education. These debates have reshaped the discourses on what counts as bilingualism. This paper analyses on one hand the historical discursive development of the "official will" presented in the Finnish Government programmes on the concept of bilingualism and the current language ideological debates that take place in an Internet discussion site, offered by a Finnish newspaper, on the other. These two discourses seem to operate on separate fields and among different actors. We show that language policy discourses are essentially multi-sited: they confirm, contest and challenge views that are produced by various stakeholders over time. (As Provided).
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