Essays about: "tvåspråkighet"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 17 essays containing the word tvåspråkighet.

  1. 6. Thinking and seeing for speaking : The viewpoint preference in Swedish/Japanese monolinguals and bilinguals

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskning

    Author : Masako Hayakawa Thor; [2016]
    Keywords : Thinking for speaking; viewpoint preference; Linguistic relativity; Japanese; Swedish; bilinguals; monolinguals; subjective objective construal; cognition; verbal non-verbal task; perspektivpreferens; språkrelativitet; japanska; svenska; tvåspråkig; enspråkig; subjektiv objektiv tolkning; kognition; verbal icke-verbal uppgift;

    Abstract : “Linguistic relativity” has been studied for a long time. Many empirical studies have been conducted on cross-linguistic differences to find support for the influence of language on thought. READ MORE

  3. 7. Bilingualism and the Simon effect: A multimodal approach

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Erik Appelblad; Olov Sandzén; [2015]
    Keywords : Cognitive science; bilingualism; executive functions; Kognitionsvetenskap; tvåspråkighet; exekutiva funktioner;

    Abstract : Previous research has studied the relationship between bilingualism and cognitive abilities. In some of those studies results have shown that bilinguals perform better than monolinguals in visual Simon tasks (i.e. they are less distracted by the incongruent stimuli). READ MORE

  4. 8. A study of the use of English and other languages in TV-commercials in Sweden

    University essay from Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

    Author : Susanne Lepp; [2013]
    Keywords : Swedish TV-commercials; English in commercials; code-switching; globalization; svensk tv-reklam; engelska i reklam; tvåspråkighet; global engelska;

    Abstract : This investigation is about the English language in Swedish TV-commercials. Theinvestigation shows that there are commercials in Sweden that involve other languages thanSwedish. The languages found in this study apart from Swedish were English, Italian andGerman. The results show that the most common language was Swedish, which was used in405 (96. READ MORE

  5. 9. Handling Ambivalence : A Grounded Theory of Bilingualism in the everyday life

    University essay from Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Josefin Lindgren; [2011]
    Keywords : bilingualism; Grounded Theory; everyday life; handling ambivalence; tvåspråkighet;

    Abstract : During the last decades, immigration to Sweden has increased. As a result of this, a larger number of individuals are growing up with two languages. This means that the field of bilingualism has emerged as topic of relevance in Sociology, as well as other disciplines of Social Sciences. READ MORE

  6. 10. Sexpectations : Gender perspectives on language proficiencyin English among Swedes and Sweden Finns

    University essay from Engelska institutionen

    Author : Rebecca Philp; [2011]
    Keywords : Language proficiency; SLA; gender; sex; bilingualism; Swedes; Sweden Finns.; Språkfärdighet; andraspråksinlärning; genus; kön; tvåspråkighet; svenskar; Swerigefinnar;

    Abstract : The aim of this comparative study is to investigate language proficiency in English among Swedes and the Finnish-speaking population living in Sweden, henceforth referred to as Sweden Finns. The main issue is to discover to what extent Sweden Finns show similarity and how they differ from Swedes regarding their proficiency in English, concerning grammar and vocabulary. READ MORE