Essays about: "sociolinguistics sweden"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words sociolinguistics sweden.

  1. 1. Gendered Language in English Job Advertisements and the Perception of Potential Applicants within Electrical and Electronic Engineering in Sweden

    University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Josefin Alm; [2024]
    Keywords : Sociolinguistics; gender; language; masculine and feminine words; job advertisements; electrical; and electronic engineering.;

    Abstract : This mixed-method study investigates the use of masculine and feminine-coded words (i.e., words associated with gender stereotypes) in English job advertisements in Sweden, focusing on the male-dominated Electronic and Electric engineering field in Sweden (SCB, 2022). READ MORE

  3. 2. Speech and Gender in the English as a Second Language Swedish High School Classroom: a Sociolinguistic Study.

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Pedagogik

    Author : Joakim Persson; [2018]
    Keywords : Speech; Gender; Sociolinguistics; Pedagogy; Language;

    Abstract : Gender dominance has been the focus of research in recent years. However, this research was conducted in countries with less progressive stances towards gender equality than Sweden. This paper focuses on gender equality in the Swedish high school English as a second language classroom. READ MORE

  4. 3. English with an accent : A study of attitudes among Swedish adolescents regarding British and Middle Eastern varieties of English

    University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Fia Helleberg; [2018]
    Keywords : language perception; Sweden; sociolinguistics; Middle Eastern English; non-standard varieties; language and culture; matched-guise tests; Osgood scale;

    Abstract : This study examines the attitudes of adolescent Swedes towards speakers of British and Middle Eastern varieties of English. Due to the ongoing wars in the Middle East and elsewhere, and thus the stream of refugees seeking sanctuary in Sweden and other European countries, many children from diverse backgrounds have been and will be enrolled in Swedish schools. READ MORE

  5. 4. “[E]en strict offensive och defensive alliance” and “the danger this King and the 2 Queens were in” : News Reporting in Early Modern Swedish and English Diplomatic Correspondence

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Niclas Vikström; [2017]
    Keywords : Historical sociolinguistics; epistolography; Early Modern Swedish; Early Modern English; exploratory case study; Baron Christer Bonde; Charles X of Sweden; John Robinson; Sir Leoline Jenkins; diplomatic correspondence; textual superstructure; semantic macrostructure; narration of news; attributing of titles; multilingualism;

    Abstract : The study of early cross-linguistic diplomatic epistolography was first introduced in Brownlees' (2012) comparative study of Italian and English personal newsletters. Given the field’s young age and the strong need for both further research and the retrieving of new, untranscribed and unanalysed data, the present study set out to help move this field forward by examining, at both a textual superstructure and semantic macrostructural level, two sets of unchartered diplomatic newsletters which representatives at foreign courts despatched back to their respective home countries. READ MORE

  6. 5. Multilingualism and Mobility: A Linguistic Landscape Analysis of Three Neighbourhoods in Malmö, Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

    Author : Ashleigh Brito; [2016]
    Keywords : linguistic landscape analysis; language public space; globalization; sociolinguistics; Malmö; Sweden.; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This master’s thesis, through the use of linguistic landscape analysis, examines three neighbourhoods in the city of Malmö, Sweden (Västra Hamnen, Möllevången and Rosengård), in order to investigate how multilingualism, specifically as a consequence of globalization, is negotiated within public space. Physical text in public space works both to reflect and reinforce wider social processes and provides insight into the way that a particular space is structured socially. READ MORE