Sökning: "attitudes language"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 128 avhandlingar innehållade orden attitudes 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. Förstaspråksattrition hos vuxna : Exemplet polsktalande i Sverige

    Författare :Dorota Lubińska; Kenneth Hyltenstam; Michael Sharwood Smith; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; first language attrition; Polish language; Polish immigrants; verbal government; hesitation phenomena; pro-drop parameter; genitive; genitive of negation; reflexive verbs; masculine declension; language attitudes; language use; jezyk polski w Szwecji; atrycja; dwujezycznosc; gramatyka polska; emigracja polska w Szwecji; Bilingualism; Tvåspråkighet; tvåspråkighetsforskning; Bilingualism;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is concerned with adult L1 attrition in the case of highly-educated long-term Polish immigrants in Sweden. The study sheds light on two classical issues pertaining to L1 attrition, namely what happens to a fully developed mature language system in an immigrant context, and why it happens. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Support, resistance and pragmatism : An examination of motivation in language policy in Kharkiv, Ukraine

    Författare :Margrethe Søvik; Irina Sandomirskaja; Per-Arne Bodin; Lara Ryazanova Clarke; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; language policy; language beliefs; language practices; language management; language conflict; motivation; language attitudes; combining methods; nation-building; linguistic rights; Ukraine; Slavic languages; Slaviska språk; slaviska språk; Slavic Languages;

    Sammanfattning : The Ukrainian society has gone through vast changes since independence in 1991 and in this thesis some of these social changes are discussed through the prism of language policy. The main topic of the study is language policy (conceptualised as language practices, language beliefs, and language management) in the eastern Ukrainian city Kharkiv. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Språket och skolämnet svenska som andraspråk : Om elevers språk och skolans språksyn

    Författare :Anna Sahlée; Catharina Nyström Höög; Åke Viberg; Kjell Lars Berge; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Conception of language; text; Swedish as a second language; national test; policy for education; text analysis; student language; language as system; language as activity; systemic functional grammar; Nordiska språk; Scandinavian Languages;

    Sammanfattning : Since the school subject Swedish as a second language was established in the Swedish school system in the mid-1990s, the organization of the subject has varied widely across schools, and the outcomes have been poor. This thesis investigates these problems linguistically. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Åland som språksamhälle : Språk och språkliga attityder på Åland ur ett ungdomsperspektiv

    Författare :Barbro Allardt Ljunggren; Jarmo Lainio; Björn Melander; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Åland; Åland Island; language attitudes; adolescents; autonomy; quantitative study; affinity; language competence; majority-minority relaations; secure insecure groups; interactive acculturation; Other humanities and religion; Övrig humaniora och religionsvetenskap; tvåspråkighetsforskning; Bilingualism Research;

    Sammanfattning : The present thesis deals with Åland, i.e. the Åland Islands, as a language environment. Its main focus is on the language attitudes of adolescents. LÄS MER