Essays about: "Swedish Finnish minority"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Swedish Finnish minority.

  1. 1. EVALUATING THE EXTENT OF ETHNIC BIASES IN FINBERT AND EXPLORING DEBIASING TECHNIQUES

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteori

    Author : Minerva Suvanto; [2022-10-07]
    Keywords : language model; BERT; FinBERT; bias; debias;

    Abstract : Language models are becoming increasingly popular. These models can contain social biases about various groups of people in them. The reproduction of biased beliefs can have harmful impacts on the groups they are about. We explore the extent of ethnic biases in the Finnish language model FinBERT. READ MORE

  3. 2. Legal Consciousness and Language Rights: Passing on Finnish Minority Language to Future Generations in Sweden.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Veera Säisä; [2017]
    Keywords : European linguistic diversity; National minority language; Sweden; Access to justice; Right to mother tongue education; Legal consciousness; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : When law is ambiguously articulated or various legal norms and obligations are working simultaneously, it creates a puzzling situation to individuals that are expected to follow or live under the unclear law. To study these instances, one must depart from the analysis of formal legal texts and legal institutions into the everyday experiences and perceptions of individual citizens. READ MORE

  4. 3. ”It is a huge wealth with languages and cultures” : Administrative Municipalities and Minority Languages in Sweden

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Kulturgeografi

    Author : Hampus Forsman; [2015]
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    Abstract : This thesis will focus on the seven Swedish administrative municipalities that administer at least two of the three official minority languages in Sweden. Those languages are Finnish Meänkieli (Torne Valley Finnish) and Saami languages and all of these languages are territorially bound to the northernmost area in Sweden. READ MORE

  5. 4. Us Finns Here in Sweden - A Content Analysis of the News on the Finnish Presidential Election in the Swedish Finnish Media

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Lotta Hoppu; [2012]
    Keywords : minority language media; Swedish Finnish minority; national identity; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Aims and objectives: The aim of the study is to look at how national identity and culture and politics meet in minority language media. The focus is on studying how the minority language media portrays the relationship of the minority and the two countries, the one of origin and the one of residence. READ MORE

  6. 5. Chill, take it easy, would you mind settling down? An empirical study of code switching within the English language when spoken by teenagers in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Anna Lagnevik; [2010]
    Keywords : Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : In Sweden there is a first language Swedish and minority languages such as Finnish, Tornedalen Finnish, Romany, Samian, and Yiddish. Although English is not a second language in Sweden some people suggest it should be. From the age of nine children start to learn the English language in school. READ MORE