The language situation in Iceland

Current Issues in Language Planning

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 207-276

  Hilmarsson Dunn, Amanda ^a   Kristinsson, Ari Páll ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Global english; Iceland; Icelandic; Language; Language policy and planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955457084     PISSN: 14664208     EISSN: 17477506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14664208.2010.538008     Document Type: Article

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