Sökning: "Patterns of language"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 336 avhandlingar innehållade orden Patterns of language.

  1. 1. Immigration, security and the public debate on US language policy : A critical discourse analysis of language attitudes in the United States of America

    Författare :Soraya Tharani; Anna-Brita Stenström; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; national identity; societal security; language policy; ethnolinguistic conflict; human rights; language rights; ethnicity; multilingualism; immigration; critical discourse analysis; language attitudes; English language; Spanish language; United States;

    Sammanfattning : The narrative of the United States is of a "nation of immigrants" in which the language shift patterns of earlier ethnolinguistic groups have tended towards linguistic assimilation through English. In recent years, however, changes in the demographic landscape and language maintenance by non-English speaking immigrants, particularly Hispanics, have been perceived as threats and have led to calls for an official English language policy. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Kulturmöten, textmönster och förhållningssätt : Första- och andraspråksskrivande i några svenska brevgenrer

    Författare :Ylva Carlsson; Gisela Håkansson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Scandinavian languages - general; intercultural communication; communicative competence; politeness; rhetorical patterns; gender; first-language writing; second-language writing; letter of application; letter of request; letter of apology; Swedish; Nordiska språk - allmänt; Scandinavian languages; Nordiska språk; nordiska språk; Scandinavian Languages;

    Sammanfattning : To form well written texts in a culture where the norms for writing are changing is difficult for both native and non-native writers. Moreover, deviations from the norm among non-native writers can be explained by inadequate command of formal and pragmatic knowledge of the new language or a disinclination in non-native writers to accept socio-cultural rules, different from their own. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Play, Culture and Learning : Studies of Second-Language and Conceptual Development in Swedish Preschools

    Författare :Robin Samuelsson; Per Ledin; Stina Hållsten; Karin Aronsson; Södertörns högskola; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; early childhood education; ECEC; preschool; play; affordances; embodiment; multimodal; interaction; second-language development; conceptual development; culture; cultural affordances; digital tools; artefacts; perception; förskola; förskolepedagogik; didaktik; förskola; lek; affordanser; kroppslighet; multimodalitet; interaktion; andraspråksutveckling; begreppsutveckling; kultur; kulturella affordanser; digitala redskap; artefakter; perception; Utbildningsvetenskapliga studier; Studies in the Educational Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation studies how second-language and conceptual development emerge through interactions in Swedish preschool environments. It studies how types of interaction, such as play, can scaffold children toward such developments. LÄS MER

  5. 4. A língua de Camões com Iemanjá : Forma e funções da linguagem do candomblé

    Författare :Laura Alvarez López; Lars Fant; Klaus Zimmermann; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Brazilian Portuguese; Afro-Bahian culture and speech varieties; ethnography of communication; ethnolinguistic vitality; linguistic attitudes and ideologies; relationship to creolization; language and identity; lexicology; Romance languages; Romanska språk;

    Sammanfattning : The present thesis addresses the relationship between the structure and social functions of language through the study of an Afro-Brazilian Portuguese speech community. The adopted methodological, analytical, and theoretical standpoints have their origin in linguistic anthropology, social psychology of language and discourse analysis. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Juridiska – ett nytt språk? : En studie av juridikstudenters språkliga inskolning

    Författare :Ann Blückert; Mats Thelander; Hans Strand; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; language socialization; linguistic norms; teacher comments on student texts; undergraduate law education; legalese; community of practice; Swedish; Languages and linguistics; Språkvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation considers the language socialization of law students. One message that the law students encounter is that legal Swedish is an entirely new language. LÄS MER