Search for dissertations about: "language use in multilingual urban settings"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words language use in multilingual urban settings.

  2. 1. Syntactic Variation in the Swedish of Adolescents in Multilingual Urban Settings : Subject-verb Order in Declaratives, Questions and Subordinate Clauses

    Author : Natalia Ganuza; Kari Fraurud; Paul Kerswill; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; syntactic variation; subject-verb inversion; non-inversion; language use in multilingual urban settings; multilingual youths; standard non-standard; Swedish; SLA; Bilingualism; Tvåspråkighet; tvåspråkighetsforskning; Bilingualism Research;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the use of word order variation, in particular the variable use of subject-verb inversion and non-inversion in main declarative clauses, among adolescents in contemporary multilingual settings in Sweden. The use of non-inversion in contexts that in standard Swedish require inversion is sometimes claimed to be characteristic of varieties of Swedish spoken among adolescents in multilingual urban areas. READ MORE

  4. 2. 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