Comments on: In search of a language and an identity https://languageonthemove.com/in-search-of-a-language-and-an-identity/ Multilingualism, Intercultural communication, Consumerism, Globalization, Gender & Identity, Migration & Social Justice, Language & Tourism Wed, 11 Jun 2025 14:30:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Accents, complex identities, and politics – Language on the Move https://languageonthemove.com/in-search-of-a-language-and-an-identity/#comment-116057 Wed, 11 Jun 2025 14:30:50 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/?p=20955#comment-116057 […] In search of language and an identity […]

]]> By: Pauline Mae Lim https://languageonthemove.com/in-search-of-a-language-and-an-identity/#comment-97852 Wed, 23 Nov 2022 15:16:47 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/?p=20955#comment-97852 Thank you for this eloquently-narrated summary, Laura. Sampo is indeed an example of a stranger in a strange place seeking identity through language. I will definitely add New Finnish Grammar to my reading list! As a beginning researcher, I believe this book can give me a more personal perspective on the language acquisition of migrants.

]]> By: Laura https://languageonthemove.com/in-search-of-a-language-and-an-identity/#comment-48186 Sun, 20 May 2018 05:39:02 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/?p=20955#comment-48186 In reply to Gegentuul.

Thanks for your valuable insights, as always! Another parallel 🙂

]]> By: Laura https://languageonthemove.com/in-search-of-a-language-and-an-identity/#comment-48169 Thu, 17 May 2018 08:36:01 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/?p=20955#comment-48169 In reply to Rahel Cramer.

Excellent idea, Rahel. Marani has since published a number of other books with similar themes that may equally be worth checking out

]]> By: Laura https://languageonthemove.com/in-search-of-a-language-and-an-identity/#comment-48168 Thu, 17 May 2018 08:34:52 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/?p=20955#comment-48168 In reply to Angela Turzynski-Azimi.

Thanks for the prompt. Yes, although I have not yet been able to read the original for comparison, the translation is an incredible achievement in its own right.

]]> By: Laura https://languageonthemove.com/in-search-of-a-language-and-an-identity/#comment-48167 Thu, 17 May 2018 08:32:36 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/?p=20955#comment-48167 In reply to David Marjanović.

Thanks for pointing this out – I actually took the spelling from the Karner article, so it seems missing umlauts is a widespread issue.

]]> By: Language on the Move https://languageonthemove.com/in-search-of-a-language-and-an-identity/#comment-48164 Thu, 17 May 2018 04:04:50 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/?p=20955#comment-48164 In reply to David Marjanović.

Indeed. We’ve corrected that now in the text. As it so happens, the English translation of New Finnish Grammar has neither of the two Finnish umlauts. For what it’s worth, the publisher of the English translation has explained that this was not intentional but an oversight.

]]> By: Gegentuul https://languageonthemove.com/in-search-of-a-language-and-an-identity/#comment-48163 Thu, 17 May 2018 00:59:28 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/?p=20955#comment-48163 Language as ‘a fantastical object’ always fascinates me! Sampo’s struggles echos with a lot of dislocated people’s cultural and linguistic experiences. Thank you for this interesting blog!

In the epic Kalevala the great smith who forged Sampo also longed for his home when he was in dark Northland!

]]> By: David Marjanović https://languageonthemove.com/in-search-of-a-language-and-an-identity/#comment-48160 Wed, 16 May 2018 10:29:11 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/?p=20955#comment-48160

Elias Lonrot

Lönnrot.

]]> By: Rahel Cramer https://languageonthemove.com/in-search-of-a-language-and-an-identity/#comment-48159 Wed, 16 May 2018 04:54:24 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/?p=20955#comment-48159 Thank you for the summary of this fascinating book, Laura! I might add it to my list of books for the reading challenge and try to read it in the Italian original.

]]> By: Angela Turzynski-Azimi https://languageonthemove.com/in-search-of-a-language-and-an-identity/#comment-48158 Wed, 16 May 2018 03:17:35 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/?p=20955#comment-48158 Hi Laura
Thank you for a fascinating post!
I wonder if the translator’s work in reflecting the poetic aspects of the Italian original used to portray Sampo’s struggle could be more generously acknowledged in your final paragraph?

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