Essays about: "language and social class"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 64 essays containing the words language and social class.

  1. 16. It Feels Like Home : Linguistic repertoire and language identity among elder Tornedalians in Uppsala

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Ebba Fogelström; [2021]
    Keywords : Meänkieli; minority language; language ideology; family language policy; linguistic repertoire; linguistic identity; meänkieli; minoritetsspråk; språkideologi; family language policy; språkrepertoar; språklig identitet;

    Abstract : Based on the accounts by four elder speakers of the Swedish minority language Meänkieli, given in October 2020, this study investigates the attitudes and sentiments among elder speakers of Meänkieli towards the languages they speak. The participants have migrated as young adults from the Torne Valley, where Meänkieli is traditionally spoken, to places in Sweden where their language use has been restricted by the lack of Meänkieli domains. READ MORE

  3. 17. Coping through Digital Livelihood: Syrian Refugees Navigating Legal Restrictions on Work and Starting a New Life

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Hiu Wan Vivian Fung; [2021]
    Keywords : Digital livelihood; Syrian refugees; structure barriers; agency; aspirations; cultural capital; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The overarching objective and purpose of this thesis is to shed light on how engagement in digital work serves as a coping strategy for Syrian refugees in different receiving countries. The stories of my participants demonstrate the multiple dimensions of this livelihood strategy, as and when they utilise it to counter structural constraints. READ MORE

  4. 18. Multilingual identification of offensive content in social media

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Artificiell intelligens och integrerade datorsystem

    Author : Marc Pàmies Massip; [2020]
    Keywords : offensive language; hate speech; twitter; social media; nlp; ai; natural language processing; artificial intelligence; machine learning; bert; text classification;

    Abstract : In today’s society there is a large number of social media users that are free to express their opinion on shared platforms. The socio-cultural differences between the people behind those accounts (in terms of ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, politics, . . . READ MORE

  5. 19. The Caged Bird’s Free Flight : Analyzing Intersectionality in Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings with the Aim of Empowering Pupils in the EFL Classroom to Speak Out Against Inequality and Prejudice

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Karin Risedal Olsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Maya Angelou; I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings; upper secondary school; EFL classroom; critical race theory pedagogy; intersectionality; racism; gender; class; autobiography;

    Abstract : The aim of this master’s thesis was to study the portrayal of discrimination that occurs because of multiple factors in Maya Angelou’s book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. The analysis has been conducted through the lens of Critical Race theory as the theory draws on the affiliation between race, racism and power. READ MORE

  6. 20. Exploring Theatre as a Medium for Change: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Measure for Measure in the Post #MeToo Era

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Gaudi Delgado Falcón; [2020]
    Keywords : Theatre; Social Change; Social Movements; Phenomenology; Gender; Intersectionality; Feminist Theory; Power; Worlding;

    Abstract : This paper identifies the discursive practices and power mechanisms in passages of Measure for Measure where certain characters are ruled by the belief of superiority of one over all others. It examines how gender norms are constituted, reproduced, and challenged by drawing on Judith Butler’s theories on gender as a performative act to explore how meaning is reproduced dialogically. READ MORE