Search for dissertations about: "Staffan Klintborg"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words Staffan Klintborg.

2. 1. The transience of American Swedish

   Author : Staffan Klintborg; Engelska; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; transfer; pragmatic markers; nonce-borrowing; markedness; language loss; language death; language attrition; language alternation; divergence; convergence; continuum; contact linguistics; codeswitching; avoidance; American Swedish; automaticity; triggering; English language and literature; Engelska språk och litteratur ;

   Abstract : This thesis concerns two languages in contact: English and Swedish. It is based on interviews with Swedes who came to North America with the last major wave of emigration. READ MORE