Sökning: "immigrants language"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 79 avhandlingar innehållade orden immigrants language.

  1. 1. 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

  3. 2. 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

  4. 3. Constructions of Language Competence : Sociolinguistic Perspectives on Assessing Second Language Interactions in Basic Adult Education

    Författare :Maria Rydell; Catrin Norrby; Gunlög Sundberg; Caroline Kerfoot; Tim McNamara; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; constructions of language competence; language ideologies; migration; language testing and assessment; Swedish as a second language; embodied interaction; lived experience of language; adult education; sociolinguistics; linguistic anthropology; Scandinavian Languages; nordiska språk;

    Sammanfattning : The current thesis is concerned with constructions and perceptions of what it means to be ‘a competent language user’ in the context of a language programme in basic Swedish called Swedish for Immigrants (SFI). A particular focus is given to the testing and assessment of oral interaction. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Same Mother Tongue - Different Origins : Implications for Language Maintenance and Shift among Hungarian Immigrants and their Children in Sweden

    Författare :Kamilla György-Ullholm; Kari Fraurud; Ellen Bijvoet; Wei Li; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Language maintenance and shift; intergenerational language transmission; childhood bilingualism; simultaneous and consecutive bilingualism; heritage languages; Hungarian; Swedish as a second language; migrant families; Sweden; Nyelvcsere; nyelvmegtartás; nyelvhasználat; Svédország; magyar kivándorlók; nyelvátadás bevándorló családokban; gyermekkori kétnyelvüség; szimultán és szekvenciális kétnyelvüség; Språkbyte och språkbevarande; språköverföring i familjen; invandrarspråk; ungerska i Sverige; invandrarfamiljer; skolbarn; simultan och successiv tvåspråkighet; barns tvåspråkighet; Bilingualism; Tvåspråkighet; Swedish language; Svenska språket; Finno-Ugric languages; Finsk-ugriska språk; Children s language; Barnspråk; tvåspråkighetsforskning; Bilingualism Research;

    Sammanfattning : This study investigates intergenerational language transmission amongst Hungarian immigrants, using in-depth interviews and participant observation as the main methods. The analysis examines the experiences of parents and their school-aged children in 61 families living in Sweden´s two main cities, Stockholm and Göteborg. LÄS MER

  7. 5. "Ungerska för rötternas skull" : Språkval och identitet bland andragenerationens ungrare i Sverige och Finland

    Författare :Boglárka Straszer; Ulla Melander-Marttala; Marika Tandefelt; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; language choice in diaspora; language identity; intergenerational language transmission; minority culture and language; language maintenance and shift; bilingualism; immigrants; second-generation Hungarians; threatened languages; Hungarian; sociology of language; comparative sociolinguistics; Hungarians in Finland and Sweden; Finno-Ugric languages; Finsk-ugriska språk; Linguistics; Lingvistik;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is a comparative sociolinguistic study which describes and compares language choice among people with Hungarian background in Sweden and Finland and studies their views on the importance of the Hungarian language and Hungarian cultural heritage for identity. The future prospects of language maintenance and language shift and differences between the Swedish-Hungarians and the Finnish-Hungarians are discussed. LÄS MER