Essays about: "bilingualism, culture"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words bilingualism, culture.

  1. 1. Object categorisation in French-Swedish early simultaneous bilinguals. : ARE GENDER EFFECTS MODULATED BY GRAMMAR OR CULTURE?

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskning

    Author : Marie Fournier; [2022]
    Keywords : Linguistic relativity; Grammatical gender; French; Swedish; Cultural gender effect;

    Abstract : If most scholars tend to agree that the native language of a speaker does influence the way they will understand the reality around them, the question becomes ambiguous when it comes to bilingual speakers’ cognition. How is their reality affected by the combination of their languages? This study aimed at exploring this question under the angle of grammatical gender. READ MORE

  3. 2. Object categorisation in French-Swedish early bilinguals : Are gender effects modulated by grammar or culture?

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskning

    Author : Marie Fournier; [2022]
    Keywords : Linguistic relativity; Grammatical gender; French; Swedish; Cultural gender effect;

    Abstract : If most scholars tend to agree that the native language of a speaker does influence the way they will understand the reality around them, the question becomes ambiguous when it comes to bilingual speakers’ cognition. How is their reality affected by the combination of their languages? This study aimed at exploring this question under the angle of grammatical gender. READ MORE

  4. 3. Parents’ perspectives on raising bilingual and bicultural children in Sweden : a Somali Case study

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Barn

    Author : Hinda Mohammud (Mohamud) Hussen (Hussein); [2019]
    Keywords : Bilingualism; biculturalism; Somali parents; heritage language maintenance; Sweden;

    Abstract : This thesis is a case-study on bilingualism and biculturalism from Somalian perspectives. The aim of the present study is to explore raising bilingual and bicultural children in Sweden from parents’ views. It focuses on three questions: 1. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Study of the Relationship between Linguistic Skills and Psychological Disorders

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Mohamed Nasser; [2019]
    Keywords : Linguistic Skills; Cognitive science; Cognitive psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience; Bilingualism; Culture; Psychological Disorders; Depression;

    Abstract : Our current knowledge about the relationship between linguistic skills and psychological disorders is somewhat diffuse. One reason is because it is difficult to investigate this relationship without including conditions that clearly influence the results in one way or another (e.g. culture, environment, socioeconomic class etc). READ MORE

  6. 5. Acquisition of English in and out of school : Comparing bilingual and trilingual student's acquisition of the English language

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Robin Mills; [2019]
    Keywords : Second language acquisition; Third language acquisition; Bilingualism; Trilingualism; English; Swedish;

    Abstract : The English language has a great influence on Swedish culture. Swedish students learn English in school, listen to music in English and watch movies where English is spoken. As the importance of English increases the number of students who already speak a second language also increases. READ MORE