Essays about: "Language ideologies"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 58 essays containing the words Language ideologies.
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11. “But it doesn't really have to do with the bilingualism”: Family language policies in transnational families of bilingual autistic children
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskningAbstract : Family language policy (FLP) investigates family members’ language ideologies, practices, and management strategies. With the growing number of autistic children exposed to bi- or multilingual environments, there is a gap in the existing body of FLP research that has not focused before on speaking and non-speaking autistic children from transnational families. READ MORE
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12. People, Class, or People as Class? : The Swedish Left, the Jews, and the state of Israel post-1967
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionenAbstract : This study is an analytical investigation of the usage of the concept “people” and its relation to “class” in the Swedish left-wing antizionist repertoire post-1967. Relying on a critical Marxist understanding of antisemitism and nationalism, the study attempts to understand how and explain how the political left reproduced the antisemitic conspiracist structure of the “powerful Jews” through anti-imperialist nationalism. READ MORE
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13. "We are increasingly western rather than Soviet" : A qualitative study on attitudes to English in Lithuania
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenAbstract : The English language holds a status of a global Lingua Franca that is geographically and historically unique, and English dominance and the language ideologies surrounding it have been the subject of extensive research and discussions. Two contrasting viewpoints significant for these discussions are the idea of the global spread of English as a form of linguistic imperialism, and the idea of the global spread of English as a natural, and mostly positive, consequence of globalisation. READ MORE
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14. Covid-19 & Swedish exceptionalism : A critical qualitative content analysis on the international print media discourses of Sweden’s Covid-19 strategy
University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för geografi, medier och kommunikation (from 2013)Abstract : In 2020, the year the Covid-19 pandemic struck, the Swedish Covid-19 response differed radically from the general policy of total lockdown and strict enforcement of Covid-measures and regulations recommended by the WHO. Instead, Sweden strove early on to achieve herd immunity, with no mandatory measures to limit numbers in shopping malls, buses, and other public events, nor mask requirements. READ MORE
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15. Can algorithms translate the world? : A digital discourse analysis of Google Translate’s algorithmic agency in the translation of news reports
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskningAbstract : Google Translate’s mission is “to enable everyone, everywhere, to understand the world and express themselves across languages” (Pitman, 2021). But are algorithms capable of leading us beyond the translation of the word toward an understanding of the world? Computational linguistics research has been interested in assessing this kind of real-world effects of technology and invited other disciplines to join their effort. READ MORE
