Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- Preface
- Map of Norway
- 1 Land and people, language and language planning
- PART I THE NATIONALIST PERIOD, 1814–1917
- PART II THE SOCIOPOLITICAL PERIOD, 1917–66
- PART III FROM A SINGLE-STANDARD TO A TWO-STANDARD STRATEGY
- References
- List of terms of language varieties
- Timeline for the different written varieties of Norwegian
- Timeline of important events for language planning and conflict in modern Norway
- Index
1 - Land and people, language and language planning
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 September 2014
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- Preface
- Map of Norway
- 1 Land and people, language and language planning
- PART I THE NATIONALIST PERIOD, 1814–1917
- PART II THE SOCIOPOLITICAL PERIOD, 1917–66
- PART III FROM A SINGLE-STANDARD TO A TWO-STANDARD STRATEGY
- References
- List of terms of language varieties
- Timeline for the different written varieties of Norwegian
- Timeline of important events for language planning and conflict in modern Norway
- Index
Summary
INTRODUCTION
This book is about language planning, especially its limits. How far can language planners go? How extensively can they change and/or direct the development of a given language? What are the sociolinguistic and sociopolitical boundaries within which language planning can operate and succeed? Is it possible to change the sociolinguistic pattern of a country through language planning? To what extent can language planning be a sociolinguistic and sociopolitical experiment? This book will explore these questions through an analysis of the development of modern Norwegian.
Two written Norwegian standards
Since 1885, Norway has maintained two written language standards, now known as Bokmål and Nynorsk. Through various reforms in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries – the latest having been put into effect on 1 August 2012 – these standards have moved much closer to each other linguistically. Bokmål is the majority form, and about 90 per cent of the population report that they use this standard, while 10 per cent report using Nynorsk. However, Nynorsk has a better foothold in society than the 9–1 ratio may suggest, and has its stronghold in the western part of the country.
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- Language Planning as a Sociolinguistic ExperimentThe Case of Modern Norwegian, pp. 1 - 14Publisher: Edinburgh University PressPrint publication year: 2014
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