Young Urban Swedish
Author : Roger Källström
Publisher :
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 23,6 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Conversation analysis
ISBN : 9789187850424
Current Multilingualism
Author : David Singleton
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 33,73 MB
Release : 2013-03-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1614512817
Book Description
This volume approaches contemporary multilingualism as a new linguistic dispensation, in urgent need of research-led, reflective scrutiny. The book addresses the emergent global and local patterns of multingual use and acquisition across the world and explores the major trends that characterize today's multilingualism. It is divided into three parts on the basis of the broad themes: education (including multilingual learning in its general, theoretical aspects), sociolinguistic dimensions and language policy. The book's fifteen chapters, written by renowned international experts, discuss a range of issues relating to the quintessential and unique properties of multilingual situations – issues relevant to the challenges faced in different ways by researcher and practitioners alike. All the contributions share a focus on currently operative patterns of interaction between contexts, events and processes.
Multilingual Urban Scandinavia
Author : Pia Quist
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 16,96 MB
Release : 2010-10-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1847694888
Book Description
This book presents, for the first time, an overarching, trans-Scandinavian, comprehensive and comparable account of linguistic developments and practices in late modern urban contact zones. The book aims to capture the multilingual realities of all young people in urban contexts, whether they are of migrant descent or not. Taking a multi-layered approach to linguistic practices, chapters in the book include structural and phonological analyses of new linguistic practices, examine how these practices and their practitioners are perceived, and discuss the sociolinguistic potentials of speakers when constructing, challenging and negotiating identities. The book also contains three short overview articles describing studies of multilingual practices in Sweden, Denmark and Norway. The editors have aimed to make Scandinavian research on urban multilingualism accessible to scholars and students who don’t speak Scandinavian languages, and also to make a valuable contribution to the global study of multilingualism.
High-Level Language Proficiency in Second Language and Multilingual Contexts
Author : Kenneth Hyltenstam
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 29,8 MB
Release : 2018-06-21
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1107175925
Book Description
An encompassing picture of what high-level competence in second languages and in multilingual use is about.
Language, Youth and Identity in the 21st Century
Author : Jacomine Nortier
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 25,18 MB
Release : 2015-03-19
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1107016983
Book Description
This volume explores and compares linguistic practices among young people in linguistically and culturally diverse urban spaces.
An Urban Future for Sápmi?
Author : Mikkel Berg-Nordlie
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 41,14 MB
Release : 2022-01-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1800732651
Book Description
Presenting the political and cultural processes that occur within the indigenous Sámi people of North Europe as they undergo urbanization, this book examines how they have retained their sense of history and culture in this new setting. The book presents data and analysis on subjects such as indigenous urbanization history, urban indigenous identity issues, urban indigenous youth, and the governance of urban “spaces” for indigenous culture and community. The book is written by a team of researchers, mostly Sámi, from all the countries covered in the book.
Sweden - Culture Smart!
Author : Culture Smart!
Publisher : Kuperard
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 38,79 MB
Release : 2021-07-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1787022897
Book Description
Don't just see the sights—get to know the people. Sweden is a strikingly beautiful country with a reverence for the natural environment. Its extremes in geography, climate, and history have given rise to a population that values honesty, self-sufficiency, and harmony. Swedes are a rights-driven, modern, and tech-savvy people who also retain a deep respect for their own cultural legacy. A good background knowledge of the beliefs and values that make up the Swedish way of life will prove invaluable for anyone hoping to do more than just scratch the surface. Culture Smart! Sweden offers insights into the lives and personalities of the Swedes today, along with tips on socializing, communication, and how to make the most of your time there. Have a richer and more meaningful experience abroad through a better understanding of the local culture. Chapters on history, values, attitudes, and traditions will help you to better understand your hosts, while tips on etiquette and communicating will help you to navigate unfamiliar situations and avoid faux pas.
Language Regard
Author : Betsy E. Evans
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 29,45 MB
Release : 2018-01-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1316730050
Book Description
Bringing together a team of renowned international scholars, this volume provides a wide-ranging collection of historical and state-of-the-art perspectives on language regard, particularly in the context of language variation and language change, and importantly, highlights the range of new methodologies being used by linguists to explore and evaluate it. The importance of language regard to the inquiry of language variation and change in the field of sociolinguistics is increasingly being recognized, yet misunderstandings about its nature and importance continue to exist. This volume provides scholars and students of sociolinguistics, with the tools and theory to pursue such inquiry. Contributions and research come from Europe, North America, and Asia, and language varieties such as Spanish, Dutch, Danish, and American Sign Language are discussed.
Foreign Language Education in Multilingual Classrooms
Author : Andreas Bonnet
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 30,17 MB
Release : 2018-10-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 902726385X
Book Description
This volume challenges traditional approaches to foreign language education and proposes to redefine them in our age of international migration and globalization. Foreign language classrooms are no longer populated by monolingual students, but increasingly by multilingual students with highly diverse language backgrounds. This necessitates a new understanding of foreign language learning and teaching. The volume brings together an international group of researchers of high caliber who specialize in third language acquisition, teaching English as an additional language, and multilingual education. In addition to topical overview articles on the multilingual policies pursued in Europe, Africa, North America, and Asia, as well as several contributions dealing with theoretical issues regarding multilingualism and plurilingualism, the volume also offers cutting edge case studies from multilingual acquisition research and foreign language classroom practice. Throughout the volume, multilingualism is interpreted as a valuable resource that can facilitate language education provided it is harnessed in appropriate conditions.
Ethnic Leadership and Midwestern Politics
Author : Jørn Brøndal
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 41,18 MB
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 9780877320951
Book Description
Ethnic Leadership and Midwestern Politics investigates the notion of ethnic identity as it relates to Scandinavian Americans and political affiliations in Wisconsin, from 1890-1914. Jørn Brøndal traces the evolution of their political alliances as they move from an early patronage system to one of a more enlightened social awareness, prompted by the Wisconsin Progressives led by Robert M. La Follette. Brøndal's exceptionally thorough research and cogent arguments combine to explain the workings of a political system that accorded nationality a major role in politics at the expense of real political, social, and economic issues in the early 1890s, and how (and why) the Progressives determined to change that system. Brøndal explains the change by looking at several important Scandinavian-American institutions, including the church, mutual aid fraternities, the temperance movement, the Scandinavian-language press, political clubs, and labor and farmer organizations, showing how these institutions impacted the construction of a nascent sense of Scandinavian American national identity and made a lasting mark on the Scandinavian-American role in politics.
