Search for dissertations about: "sociolinguistics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 swedish dissertations containing the word sociolinguistics.

2. 1. Identity Construction : The Case of Young Women in Rasht

   Author : Padideh Pakpour; Carina Jahani; Nigel Musk; Sally Boyd; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Iran; Rasht; intersectionality; sociolinguistics; identity; membership categorisation analysis; social categories; language norms; Iranska språk; Iranian Languages;

   Abstract : This study took place in the city of Rasht, which is the capital of Gilan Province, situated in North-Western Iran. The aim has been to investigate how a group of young Rashti women constitute their identities through their talk-in-interaction, and how they relate to the concept of Rashti, be it the dialect, people living in a geographical area, or a notion of collective characteristics. READ MORE

4. 2. Phonological Adoption through Bilingual Borrowing : Comparing Elite Bilinguals and Heritage Bilinguals

   Author : Memet Aktürk-Drake; Niclas Abrahamsson; Sarah Thomason; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; loanword phonology; language contact; bilingualism; second-language acquisition; perceptual salience; language dominance; linguistic variation; sociolinguistics; Turkish; Bilingualism; tvåspråkighet;

   Abstract : 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. READ MORE

5. 3. The Balochi Language of Turkmenistan : A corpus-based grammatical description

   Author : Serge Axenov; Carina Jahani; Åke Viberg; Elena Bashir; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Iranian languages; Balochi; dialectology; phonology; morphology; syntax; descriptive linguistics; sociolinguistics; unwritten languages; fieldwork; Iranian languages; Iranska språk - allmänt; Linguistics; lingvistik;

   Abstract : This dissertation is a synchronic description of the Balochi language as spoken in Turkmenistan. The dissertation consists of three main parts: sound structure, word and phraselevel morphosyntax and clause structure. READ MORE

6. 4. Evidential marking in spoken English : Linguistic functions and gender variation

   Author : Erika Berglind Söderqvist; Merja Kytö; Angela Hoffman; Marta Carretero; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Evidentiality; spoken language; English; corpus linguistics; gender; style; pragmatics; sociolinguistics; English; Engelska;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the marking of evidentiality in spoken British English. Evidentiality is the linguistic expression of whether and how a speaker/writer has access to evidence for or against the truth of a proposition, and it is usually manifested in the form of sensory evidentiality (e.g. I saw Sam leave), hearsay evidentiality (e. READ MORE

7. 5. Family Language Policies and Immigrant Language Maintenance : Lithuanian in Sweden

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

   Abstract : 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. READ MORE