Essays about: "minority and majority language"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 21 essays containing the words minority and majority language.

1. 16. ”It is a huge wealth with languages and cultures” : Administrative Municipalities and Minority Languages in Sweden

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Kulturgeografi

   Author : Hampus Forsman; [2015]
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   Abstract : This thesis will focus on the seven Swedish administrative municipalities that administer at least two of the three official minority languages in Sweden. Those languages are Finnish Meänkieli (Torne Valley Finnish) and Saami languages and all of these languages are territorially bound to the northernmost area in Sweden. READ MORE

3. 17. 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

4. 18. A singing people : choir singing among the Karen people in Northern Thailand and Burma

   University essay from Institutionen för musik, pedagogik och samhälle

   Author : Eva-Maria Munck; [2012]
   Keywords : ethnography; choir singing; religious choir singing; Christian choir singing; the Karen people; Mae La Refugee Camp; Karen Kawthoolei Baptist Bible School and College; Karen Baptist Theological Seminary; Siloam Bible Institute;

   Abstract : This Minor Field Study was carried out in Thailand and Burma during June, July and August 2011. The aims of this study were to investigate the role and function of choir singing among the Karen people, an ethnic minority group mainly living in Northern Thailand and Burma. Choir singing in four-part harmony (i.e. READ MORE

5. 19. Bilingual children and code switching

   University essay from Malmö högskola/Lärarutbildningen (LUT)

   Author : Anette Barook; [2010]
   Keywords : code switching; mother tongue;

   Abstract : In this dissertation I have examined bilingual families’ attitudes towards their children’s bilingualism and code switching. My research questions are how and when the informants’ children mix between their languages and if the parents have positive or negative attitudes towards their children’s language mixture. READ MORE

6. 20. National Minority Rights : A Caste Study of Croatia and the National Minority Croatian Serbs

   University essay from Institutionen för samhällsvetenskap

   Author : Helena Zizmond; [2008]
   Keywords : Croatia; National Minority; Minority rights; Croatian Serbs; the Constitutional Law on the Rights of National Minorities;

   Abstract : The Serbs are a national group which has been disliked by the Croats for hundreds of years. Even before Croatia became a part of Yugoslavia, the country wanted its independence. READ MORE