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Peer reviewedGunnarsson, Britt-Louise – Current Issues in Language & Society, 2000
Discusses the consequences of the dominance of English for a small language like Swedish and a small country like Sweden. Presents a survey of contrastive studies, which reveal that texts and writing in the mother tongue differ between cultures. Discusses studies of the current situation in Sweden, which reveal a serious threat towards certain…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Dominance, Language Role
