Citations:Swedish

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English citations of Swedish

  • 1983, Moderna språk, page 273 (quote by Johannes Hedburg?):
    [] some Americans would translate into I am too cheap to go to the ocean for two weeks, so I guess I will get my swimsuit and wade in the tub. Somehow this exercise of Mr Howard's makes this reviewer think of the two Swedishes of our time, "svängelska" and "Svenska".
  • 1998, Birger Winsa, Language attitudes and social identity: oppression and revival of a minority language in Sweden:
    One might think of a region of the EU with two official languages (Swedish and Finnish), a national language (Sami), and local languages comprising Tornedalen Finnish varieties and non-standard Swedishes.
  • 2009, Dr. Jennifer Miller, Alex Kostogriz, Dr. Margaret Gearon, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Classrooms: New Dilemmas for Teachers, Multilingual Matters (→ISBN), page 265:
    As Salo (2008) shows, teachers of Swedish have different kinds of Swedishes. Some teachers emphasize the communicative nature of the language in general. Others point out that the important thing about Swedish is to know it sufficiently ...