Search for dissertations about: "multilingualism"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 31 swedish dissertations containing the word multilingualism.

  2. 11. Changing conceptions of literacies, language and development : Implications for the provision of adult basic education in South Africa

    Author : Caroline Kerfoot; Christopher Stroud; Elsa Auerbach; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; adult literacy; adult basic education; agency; citizenship; critical applied linguistics; development; linguistic citizenship; multilingualism; reflexivity; resemiotisation; voice.; Languages and linguistics; Språkvetenskap; tvåspråkighetsforskning; Bilingualism;

    Abstract : This study aims to contribute to the growing body of knowledge on the circumstances under which adult education, in particular adult basic education, can support and occasionally initiate participatory development, social action and the realisation of citizenship rights. It traces developments in adult basic education in South Africa, and more specifically literacy and language learning, over the years 1981 to 2001, with reference to specific multilingual contexts in the Northern and Western Cape. READ MORE

  4. 12. 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

  5. 13. Source Language of Lexical Transfer in Multilingual Learners : A Mixed Methods Approach

    Author : Hannah Neuser; Maria Kuteeva; Philip Shaw; Camilla Bardel; Scott Jarvis; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; multilingualism; third language acquisition; lexical transfer; crosslinguistic influence; modal differences; proficiency; recency; exposure; psychotypology; L2 status; transferability; markedness; lexical organization; activation; lexical access; English; engelska;

    Abstract : The study reported in this thesis investigates the source language of lexical transfer in multilingual learners using a mixed methods approach. Previous research has shown that the source language of crosslinguistic influence can be related to factors such as proficiency, recency/exposure, psychotypology, the L2 status, and item-specific transferability. READ MORE

  6. 14. Language policy from below : Bilingual education and heterogeneity in post-apartheid South Africa

    Author : Peter Plüddemann; Christopher Stroud; Nancy Hornberger; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; bilingual education; mother tongue; language policy from below; heterogeneity; multilingualism; language ideology; South Africa; tvåspråkighetsforskning; Bilingualism;

    Abstract : The present thesis on bilingual education, with its foci on linguistic heterogeneity and language policy 'from below', covers the first 15 years in the officially multilingual new South Africa. The post-apartheid era has seen South Africa's pro-multilingual Constitution and the language-in-education policy for schools being sidelined in favour of an English-oriented mindset. READ MORE

  7. 15. Linguistic Landshapes. A comparison of official and non-official language management in Rwanda and Uganda, focusing on the position of African languages

    Author : Tove Rosendal; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Rwanda; Uganda; African languages; multilingualism; language competition; linguistic market; macro-sociolinguistic; Multilingual Management Model MMM ; quantitative analysis; official multilingual management; non-official multilingual management; Chaudenson; Bourdieu; country comparison; embedded diglossia;

    Abstract : This thesis is a macro-sociolinguistic study and comparison of language status and use in Rwanda and Uganda. The data was collected in fieldwork. The study covers the main formal domains in society, both official and non-official. A model for analysis, inspired by Chaudenson, was created. READ MORE