A Case Study of Bilingual Language Use : An Account of Discursive and Literacy Practices in Swedish and Turkish by a Young Person

• In this small scale sociolinguistic and ethnographic case study, I explore how a young, bilingual boy with Turkish and Swedish as his two languages makes use of his bilingualism in different domains and with different interlocutors during the course of a day. The study provides an account of how this young individual employs his bilingual resources, both in his heritage language Turkish, and in Swedish, the principal language of his schooling. The final section of this paper discusses the cultural and social significance which this young person and his family have associated with the observed language practices. The discussion attempts to highlight the constraints and benefits of bilingual language use in an individual case, but it relates also to the broader societal issues of Swedish language policy, concerning the significance and value of bilingualism from different perspectives: the observed informant, the local school and the national Swedish curriculum for primary and comprehensive education.

Ämnesord

HUMANIORA  -- Språk och litteratur (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Languages and Literature (hsv//eng)

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flerspråkig språkanvändning

litteracitetspraktiker

diskurspraktiker

språkpolicy

interkulturell kunskap

invandring och utbildning

turkiska som modersmål

bilingual language use

literacy practices

discursive practices

language policy

intercultural knowledge

immigration and schooling

Turkish as heritage language

Bilingualism

tvåspråkighet

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