Search for dissertations about: "everyday language"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 111 swedish dissertations containing the words everyday language.

  2. 1. Nurturing a heritage language : Language-centered practices in mother-child interactions in multilingual families

    Author : Olga Abreu Fernandes; Ann-Carita Evaldsson; Helen Melander Bowden; Mathew Burdelski; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; language-centered practices; language learning environments; multilingual children; family interaction; family language policy; heritage language maintenance; language socialization; bilingual literacy; multimodal interactional analysis; Russian; Pedagogik; Education; Linguistics; Lingvistik;

    Abstract : Situated within research on language socialization and family language policy, this thesis explores how young children (2–4 years old) learn their heritage language in multilingual, transnational families, and how multilingualism becomes an integral part of family life. It draws on video-ethnographic fieldwork in three bi/multilingual families in Sweden with preschool-aged children where the mothers speak Russian and the parents aspire to raise children multilingually. READ MORE

  4. 2. Constructions of Language Competence : Sociolinguistic Perspectives on Assessing Second Language Interactions in Basic Adult Education

    Author : Maria Rydell; Catrin Norrby; Gunlög Sundberg; Caroline Kerfoot; Tim McNamara; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; constructions of language competence; language ideologies; migration; language testing and assessment; Swedish as a second language; embodied interaction; lived experience of language; adult education; sociolinguistics; linguistic anthropology; Scandinavian Languages; nordiska språk;

    Abstract : The current thesis is concerned with constructions and perceptions of what it means to be ‘a competent language user’ in the context of a language programme in basic Swedish called Swedish for Immigrants (SFI). A particular focus is given to the testing and assessment of oral interaction. READ MORE

  5. 3. Negotiating standard language ideology : Metalinguistic discussions in mundane, online interaction

    Author : Anna Heuman; Göran Eriksson; Anders Björkvall; Mats Deutschmann; Susanna Karlsson; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Standard language ideology; standard language; orthography; online interaction; language ideology; Swedish language; metalinguistic discourse; discourse analysis;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates how ordinary language users enact language policy and thus negotiate (standard) language ideology in mundane, online interaction. The language policy work is found in metalinguistic discussions on various social media. READ MORE

  6. 4. From family language practices to family language policies : Children as socializing agents

    Author : Mina Kheirkhah; Asta Cekaite; Helena Bani-Shoraka; Elizabeth Lanza; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Family language policy; multilingualism; language socialization; Familj språkpolicy; flerspråkighet; språk socialisation;

    Abstract : combining approaches to family language policy with a language socialization approach, the present thesis examines family interoctions in five bi/multilingual lronian families in Sweden. The foci of the thesis have emerged from viewing and analyzing video-recordings of the families' everyday interactions, interviews and observations conducted during two phases of fieldwork. READ MORE

  7. 5. Everyday Language Practices and the Interplay of Ideologies, Investment and Identities – Language Use and Dispositions among Young Adolescents in Multilingual Urban Settings in Sweden

    Author : Jasmine Bylund; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Språksociologi; Sociolingvistik; Ungdomar; Flerspråkighet; Multilingualism; Youth; Sverige; Language practices; Language investment; Language ideologies; Identities;

    Abstract : Sweden is a multilingual country, and an increasing number of children and adolescents grow up using one or more languages in additions to Swedish. This has purred an interest in multilingual practices and the educational needs of minority language children and youths. READ MORE