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From global language use to local meanings: English in Finnish public discourse

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2008

Irma Taavitsainen  and
Päivi Pahta
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Abstract

In 2002, Tom McArthur, then editor of English Today, visited Helsinki and asked Irma Taavitsainen and Päivi Pahta whether the use of English in Finland was becoming more like its Nordic neighbours. In an article in ET76 they answered with a cautious ‘yes’. Now the authors provide us with an update, with examples of how English is currently used in Finnish public communication.

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English Today , Volume 24 , Issue 3 , September 2008 , pp. 25 - 38
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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