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  1. 1. Samiska skolbarns samiska : en undersökning av minoritetsspråksbehärskning i en språkbyteskontext

    Författare :Mikael Svonni; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Saami language; language attrition; first language acquisition; second language acquisition; minority language; language proficiency; language development;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation presents an investigation of the proficiency in Saami of Swedish Saami schoolchildren. Several different aspects of language proficiency were examined with different methods of elicitation. The investigation had the form of a longitudinal study and mainly concerned language structure, i.e. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Språkliga gemenskaper och minoritetsspråkiga barn i svensk förskola

    Författare :Ellinor Skaremyr; Annica Löfdahl; Lovisa Skånfors; Anne Kultti; Karlstads universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Preschool; speech community; cultural community; minority language; newly arrived; national minority language; multilingualism; language support; language development work; Förskola; språklig gemenskap; kulturell gemenskap; minoritetsspråk; nyanlända; nationellt minoritetsspråk; flerspråkighet; språkstöd; språkutvecklande arbete; Pedagogiskt arbete; Educational Work;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this dissertation is to contribute with knowledge about how speech communities are formed and maintained in Swedish preschools when minority language children participate. The dissertation is based on two empirical studies that are linked together by an ethnographical communication model. LÄS MER

  4. 3. 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

  5. 4. Towards a grammar of spoken South Saami

    Författare :Richard Kowalik; Ljuba Veselinova; Henrik Liljegren; Matti Miestamo; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; South Saami; Saamic languages; grammar; phonology; morphology; syntax; language description; language documentation; fieldwork; heritage language; minority language; Åarjelsaemien gïele; grammatihke; Sydsamiska; samiska språk; grammatik; Sørsamisk; grammatikk; Linguistics; lingvistik;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is a grammatical description of South Saami, a Uralic language traditionally spoken in central Sweden and Norway. South Saami has today around 500 speakers, many of whom live far from each other. The language has the status of an official language in Norway and is an officially recognized minority language in Sweden. LÄS MER

  7. 5. “Speak your own language” : On tensions regarding Finnish in Sweden

    Författare :Lasse Vuorsola; Jarmo Lainio; Päivi Juvonen; Sari Pietikäinen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; applied linguistics; language policy; linguistic landscape; spatial orientation; dialectal change; minority language; shortened infinitives in Finnish; orientations to language policy; finska; Finnish;

    Sammanfattning : In this compilation dissertation I examine social tensions that relate to the Sweden Finnish minority and the Finnish language in Sweden. The dissertation is based on critical applied linguistics and I employ various related theoretical notions in the included articles. LÄS MER