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Salö, Linus Karlander, David Leppänen, Sirpa Westinen, Elina Spindler Møller, Janus
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International Journal of the Sociology of Language
This introductory article opens the thematic issue Spaces of Upset in the Nordic Region. It introduces the contributions of the issue, outlines the concepts that unite them, and discusses the sociolinguistic area in which they are set: the Nordic region. Centering on Denmark, Finland and Sweden, the article offers an overview of some of the socioli...
Lehtonen, Heini Møller, Janus Spindler
Published in
International Journal of the Sociology of Language
In this paper, we analyze two instances of interactional breakdown in linguistically and culturally diverse classrooms in Copenhagen and Helsinki. Our focus is situations where teachers request the use of minority languages from pupils, and pupils react reluctantly and display embarrassment. These situations represent sociolinguistic spaces of upse...
