Syllabus
Compendium 1
Haugen, Einar 1966. Language Conflict and Language Planning. The Case of Modern Norwegian. Harvard University Press; chapter 1-2 (pp. 1-61)
The remainder of Haugen's book will be presented in outline in the lectures.
Basic book
2. Bucken-Knapp. Gregg 2003. Elites, Language, and the Politics of Identity. State University of New York Press/Høgskulen i Volda; chapter 1-4 (pp. 1-98). The book will be ordered at semester start.
Compendium 2
Jahr, Ernst Håkon; Limits of language planning? Norwegian language planning revisited. In: Coulmas Florian. (ed.). International Journal of the Sociology of Language 80, Berlin 1989 (pp. 33-39.)
Vikør, Lars S.; The position of standardized vs. dialectal speech in Norway In Coulmas Florian. (ed.). International Journal of the Sociology of Language 80, Berlin 1989 (pp. 41-59)
Vikør, Lars S.; The Relationship between Norms, Status and Regulations in a Theoretical Perspective. In; Røyneland, Unn (ed.): Language Contact and Language Conflict. Proceedings of the International Ivar Aasen Conference 14–16 November 1996, University of Oslo/Volda College 1997 (pp. 97-110)
Trudgill, Peter.; Norwegian as a Normal Language In; Røyneland, Unn (ed.): Language Contact and Language Conflict. Proceedings of the International Ivar Aasen Conference 14–16 November 1996, University of Oslo/Volda College 1997
Jahr, Ernst Håkon 2007; The planning of modern Norwegian as a sociolinguistic experiment – “from below”. In: Elspass, Stephan et al. (eds.): Germanic language histories 'from below' (1700-2000). Berlin/New York: de Gruyter (pp. 379-403)
Papazian, Eric, 2002; Norwegian ”Bokmål”: Present, past and future. Nordic Journal of Linguistics 25 (pp. 49-78)
Published on Fronter at semester start:
Røyneland, Unn. 2009. Dialects in Norway: catching up with the rest of Europe? International Journal of the Sociology of Language. 196/197 (pp. 7–30)