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1. 1. Debating Swedish : Language Politics and Ideology in Contemporary Sweden

   Författare :Tommaso M. Milani; Kenneth Hyltenstam; Sally Johnson; Adrian Blackledge; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; bilingual education; citizenship; CDA; language debate; language ideology; language legislation; language politics; language testing; social theory; Sweden; Bilingualism; Tvåspråkighet; tvåspråkighetsforskning; Bilingualism Research;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis is concerned with three language debates that reached their most crucial peaks in Sweden at the beginning of the twenty-first century: (i) the debate on the promotion of the Swedish language, (ii) the debate on language testing for citizenship, and (iii) the debate on mother tongue instruction. The main scope of the thesis is to take a theoretically multi-pronged approach to these debates trying to shed light on the following aspects: Why did such debates emerge when they did? Which discourses were available in those specific historical moments? Who are the social actors that intervened in these debates? What is at stake for them? What do they claim? What systems of values, ideas and beliefs – i. 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. Family Language Policies and Immigrant Language Maintenance : Lithuanian in Sweden

   Författare :Frederik H. Bissinger; Peteris Vanags; Anneli Sarhimaa; Katharina M. Ruuska; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; family language policy; language maintenance; language practices; language management; language ideologies; harmonious bilingual development; sociolinguistics; ethnography; Lithuanian; Sweden; baltiska språk; Baltic Languages;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation investigates family language policies of Lithuanian families in Sweden and strives to shed some light on the maintenance of Lithuanian as a heritage language. The aims of the study are to understand how Lithuanian families in Sweden construct, negotiate and implement their family language policies, and to identify challenges regarding the maintenance of Lithuanian which Lithuanian families in Sweden encounter. LÄS MER

7. 5. Studies in Swedish Sign Language : Reference, Real Space Blending, and Interpretation

   Författare :Anna-Lena Nilsson; Brita Bergman; Terry Janzen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Swedish Sign Language; INDEX-c; first person pronoun; non-dominant hand; buoys; Real Space blending; token blend; surrogate blend; signing space; constructed dialogue; constructed action; sign language interpreting; Sign language; Teckenspråk; Sign Language; teckenspråk;

   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