Essays about: "heritage Latvian"

Found 2 essays containing the words heritage Latvian.

  1. 1. “Zviedrija ne ēd pīrāgi”: A case study of heritage Latvian in Sweden : Heritage language exposure and language change in preadolescent heritage speakers

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Baltiska språk

    Author : Signe Rirdance; [2023]
    Keywords : Language change; Latvian in Sweden; diaspora Latvian; heritage Latvian; family language policy; language maintenance; language attrition; heritage language acquisition; divergent attainment; Språkförändring; lettiska i Sverige; lettisk diaspora; lettiska arvsspråket; hemspråkspolicy; språkunderhåll; språkförlust; inlärning av arvsspråk; avvikande språkförmåga; Valodas pārmaiņas; latviešu valoda Zviedrijā; diasporas latviešu valoda; etniskā mantojuma valoda; ģimenes valodas politika; valodas uzturēšana; valodas zaudēšana; mantojuma valodas apguve; atšķirīga valodas apguve;

    Abstract : Heritage languages are increasingly seen as a source of important insight in linguistics. Latvian has a long and under-researched history as a heritage language, with a heterogenous community of heritage speakers from two waves of migration in many countries including Sweden. READ MORE

  3. 2. Ethnic boundary-making in a Latvian university

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Karl-Michael Svensson; [2014]
    Keywords : Ethnicity; ethnic boundary-making; ethnic groups; social exclusion; Post-Soviet; Latvia; educational institutions; university;

    Abstract : This study explores experiences of division into ethnic groups of Latvians and Russians at Liepāja University in Latvia. The Soviet heritage has left a Russian minority that constitutes a quarter of the Latvian population. The Latvian and Russian groups are divided by opposed interpretations of the past Soviet domination in Latvia. READ MORE