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From global language use to local meanings: English in Finnish public discourse

From global language use to local meanings: English in Finnish public discourse

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From global language use to local meanings: English in Finnish public discourse

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From global language use to local meanings: English in Finnish public discourse

Publisher

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press

Journal title

English today, 2008-09, Vol.24 (3), p.25-38

Language

English

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Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press

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Contents

In 2002, Tom McArthur, then editor of English Today, visited Helsinki and asked Irma Taavitsainen and Päivi Pahta whether the use of English in Finland was becoming more like its Nordic neighbours. In an article in ET76 they answered with a cautious ‘yes’. Now the authors provide us with an update, with examples of how English is currently used in...

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From global language use to local meanings: English in Finnish public discourse

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_85614278

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_85614278

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ISSN

0266-0784

E-ISSN

1474-0567

DOI

10.1017/S0266078408000266

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