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1. The Acquisition of Russian in a Language Contact Situation : A Case Study of a Bilingual Child in Sweden
Sammanfattning : This case study investigates the acquisition of Russian in a language contact situation. It examines a simultaneous Swedish-Russian bilingual child born and raised in Sweden. Qualitative analysis is provided from age 1;4 to 8;5 focusing especially on the earliest stages (before the end of the critical period at 4;5). LÄS MER
2. Language taught and language used : dialogue processes in dyadic lessons of Swedish as a second language compared with non-didactic conversations
Sammanfattning : The purpose of the research reported in this monograph has been twofold. First, it aims at contributing to an inquiry of the ways in which language and context are intertwined. Second, it aims at giving a characterization of a specific communicative event, second language teaching. LÄS MER
3. Studies in Swedish Sign Language : Reference, Real Space Blending, and Interpretation
Sammanfattning : This thesis comprises four separate studies of the same material: a ten-minute Swedish Sign Language monologue. Study I describes the form, meaning, and use of the sign INDEX-c, a pointing toward the chest traditionally described as a first person pronoun. LÄS MER
4. Phonological Adoption through Bilingual Borrowing : Comparing Elite Bilinguals and Heritage Bilinguals
Sammanfattning : In the phonological integration of loanwords, the original structures of the donor language can either be adopted as innovations or adapted to the recipient language. This dissertation investigates how structural (i.e. phonetic, phonological, morpho-phonological) and non-structural (i. LÄS MER
5. Languages and Linguistic Exchanges in Swedish Academia : Practices, Processes, and Globalizing Markets
Sammanfattning : Based on four separate studies, this thesis deals with Swedish academia and its dwellers, with an eye toward accounting for matters of languages and linguistic exchanges. The perspectives and thinking-tools of Pierre Bourdieu form the basis of the main leitmotif, albeit extended with insights from linguistic anthropology and sociolinguistics. LÄS MER