Cultural Minorities in Finland: An Overview Towards Cultural PolicyJuha Pentikäinen, Veikko Anttonen |
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... Swedish - speakers in rural areas tend to resist bilingualism because it is not reciprocal with the Finnish - speaking minority ( Rosenberg 1981 : 52 ) . In this way , the symbolic value of the monolingual people for the Swedish - speaking ...
... Swedish - speakers in rural areas tend to resist bilingualism because it is not reciprocal with the Finnish - speaking minority ( Rosenberg 1981 : 52 ) . In this way , the symbolic value of the monolingual people for the Swedish - speaking ...
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... minority . The Swedish Finns have succeeded in creating their own Swedish- speaking schools , from elementary schools up to a Swedish - speaking university ( Åbo Akademi ) , a school of economics ( Svenska Handelshögskolan in Helsinki ) ...
... minority . The Swedish Finns have succeeded in creating their own Swedish- speaking schools , from elementary schools up to a Swedish - speaking university ( Åbo Akademi ) , a school of economics ( Svenska Handelshögskolan in Helsinki ) ...
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... Swedish - speaking than the Finnish - speaking Finns . In Finland , as in other countries , birth rates have been higher in the countryside than in the cities . As a higher proportion of the Swedish - speaking population than of the ...
... Swedish - speaking than the Finnish - speaking Finns . In Finland , as in other countries , birth rates have been higher in the countryside than in the cities . As a higher proportion of the Swedish - speaking population than of the ...
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