Search for dissertations about: "monolingualism"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the word monolingualism.

  2. 1. After idealism and difference : subjects of yellow feelings and sentimental narratives of migration

    Author : Lan Kieu; Maria Carbin; Linda Berg; Lene Myong; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Idealism; difference; universality; ethics; ethnicity; love; migration; endurance; mimetic desire; monolingualism; power; gratitude; agency.; genusvetenskap; gender studies;

    Abstract : After Idealism and Difference is a critical and ethical project of reading the postcolonial other. Taking a void from postcolonial and poststructuralist feminist critique, my thesis aims to deconstruct the privilege of the “marginalia” as the beloved object of feminist scholarship. READ MORE

  4. 2. Language Choice and Code-Switching in the Azerbaijani Community in Tehran : A conversation analytic approach to bilingual practices

    Author : Helena Bani-Shoraka; Carina Jahani; Gisela Håkansson; Jens Normann Jørgensen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Iranian languages; Language maintenance; Language shift; Code-switching; Style-shifting; Conversation analysis; Bilingualism; Azerbaijani; Persian; Language policy; Iranska språk - allmänt; iranska språk; Iranian Languages;

    Abstract : This study examines language choice and code-switching patterns found in the Azerbaijani speech community in Tehran, Iran. Two empirical studies have been combined. READ MORE

  5. 3. Immigration, security and the public debate on US language policy : A critical discourse analysis of language attitudes in the United States of America

    Author : Soraya Tharani; Anna-Brita Stenström; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : 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;

    Abstract : 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. READ MORE

  6. 4. Quichua children and language shift in an Andean community : School, play and sibling caretaking

    Author : Camilla Rindstedt; Karin Aronsson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Quichua-Spanish bilingualism; language practices; language ideology; sibling care-taking; play; gender; tvåspråkighet; Ecuador; språk och identitet; indianer; språk; barnspråk; spanska; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Abstract : In Ecuador, there is an ongoing ethnic revitalization among indigenous peoples. Yet, in San Antonio, a 'zona roja' in the Andes, the comuneros do not speak Quichua to their children, even though the Quichua language is seen as an extremely important aspect of Indian identity. READ MORE