Svenskan i Finland 7

Abstract

This publication consists of the 21 papers presented at the Seventh Swedish Language in Finland Conference, 19-20 April, 2002, hosted by the Department of German, French and Scandinavian Languages, University of Oulu, Finland.

The contributors come from several departments of Scandinavian Languages in Finland. Their papers present/stem from on-going research projects in their respective departments.

The themes explored in this volume are varies. Most focus on written and spoken Finland-Swedish. The conference plenary papers deal with the history of Swedish and Swedish in Oulu. Other topics include language immersion, bilingualism, language didactics, language on the radio, translation (especially of legal texts), web-based language and contrastive Finnish-Swedish studies.