Essays about: "heritage language acquisition"

Found 2 essays containing the words heritage language acquisition.

  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. Everyday Construction of Gender Identity in a Sex-reassigned Child Negotiating Membership Categorization : A case study of an Iranian family in Sweden

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Azar Raoufi Masouleh; [2014]
    Keywords : Ethnomethodology; conversation analysis; the doing of gender identity; membership categorization; resistance;

    Abstract : Scholars in the field are of the opinion that the early simultaneous bilingual and bicultural exposure not only does not harm the bilinguals, but also strengthens their social and cultural foundations and keeps them from getting vulnerable to external environment (Deuchar and Quay 1999, 2000; Genesee 1989; Genesee, Nicoladis, and Paradis 1995; Holowka, Brosseau-Lapre ́, and Petitto 2002; Lanza 1992; Meisel 1989; Petitto et al. 2001). READ MORE