Abstract |
The Norwegian language, in its diverse dialects, is spoken as a mother tongue by the vast majority of the population of Norway. This kind of situation is common in Europe. However, even written Norwegian is diverse: there are two official written varieties, Bokmål and Nynorsk, and considerable room for choice within each of them. My contribution will describe and discuss this fairly unusual situation. |
BibTex |
@InProceedings{ELX12-002, author = {Arnfinn Muruvik Vonen}, title = {Diversity and democracy: written varieties of Norwegian}, pages = {19--30}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 15th EURALEX International Congress}, year = {2012}, month = {aug}, date = {7-11}, address = {Oslo,Norway}, editor = {Ruth Vatvedt Fjeld and Julie Matilde Torjusen}, publisher = {Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies, University of Oslo}, isbn = {978-82-303-2228-4}, } |