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  1. 1. Multilingual Upbringing : Sociolinguistic factors affecting English language acquisition

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Henry Kolari; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : English has become more of an inevitability than a possibility within our globalised world. Many of today’s youth experience a multilingual upbringing as they are exposed to English in addition to other languages through their potentially multinational and multilingual family and other factors. READ MORE

  3. 2. Youtubing Sápmi : Sámi multisemiotic repertoires, decolonial mobilization and interdiscursivity in the wired age

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskning

    Author : Tom Rudberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Sámi languages; multisemiotic repertoires; interdiscursivity; sociolinguistic scales; revitalization; coloniality; decolonial mobilization; youtube;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the practice of “youtubing Sápmi”, which entails Sámi decolonial mobilization, multisemiotic and multilingual language use on YouTube. The aim is to understand how YouTube videos can function as a tool for discursive mobilization and as a complement or alternative to linguistic and cultural revitalization. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Role of English in South Korean Social Mobility : A Sociolinguistic Study on Korean Native Speakers’ Perspectives, Language Ideologies, and Identities with Respect to English

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Danja Schierenbeck; [2022]
    Keywords : Korea; English; Vertical Social Mobility; Identity; Language Ideology; Overt Prestige;

    Abstract : English has been a central language in various sectors of South Korean (henceforth Korean) society for over a century, with historical events and contexts resulting in a glorification of the language as both an essentiality for success and an indicator of superiority and modernity (Park, 2009; Cho, 2017). With English becoming omnipresent in recent times due to an increasing focus on globalisation within Korean society, most families rigorously pursue English education to ensure optimal chances of employment. READ MORE

  5. 4. Attitudes towards Qingtian dialect among Qingtianese in Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Simon Wefer; [2022]
    Keywords : Qingtian – language attitudes – Chinese diaspora – heritage dialect – language shift; 青田 - 语言态度 - 华人散居 - 传承方言 - 语言替换;

    Abstract : Emigrants from Qingtian County (Zhejiang province, China) have a long and rich history in Europe, but to date, little research has been done on their unique language, or its role in Qingtianese diaspora communities. Drawing inspiration from other studies about attitudes towards, and use of, Chinese heritage dialects in China and overseas, the author examines attitudes toward Qingtian dialect using established quantitative and qualitative sociolinguistic research methods. READ MORE

  6. 5. En or ett, un or una? A comparative study on the assignment of grammatical gender to borrowings in Swedish and Spanish

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för lingvistik och kognitiv semiotik

    Author : Victor Åstrand; [2022]
    Keywords : Gender; grammatical gender; Swedish; Spanish; borrowings; loanwords; sociolinguistics; questionnaire; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : In recent years, experimental studies on gender assignment to borrowings in languages such as German and Dutch have observed variation in gender assignment in relation to dialectal areas, among other factors. However, many issues related to gender assignment have yet to be fully understood, and the sociolinguistic variation has not been properly investigated. READ MORE