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- Fraurud, Kari, et al.
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The native–non-native speaker distinction and the diversity of linguistic profiles of young people in multilingual urban contexts in Sweden
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In: <em>Young urban Swedish</em>. - Göteborg : Göteborgs universitet. - 9789187850424 ; , s. 67-87
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The distinction between native and non-native speakers (NS/NNS) has played a central role in all areas of linguistics, but is also perennially questioned. This paper aims to contribute to the discussion of the distinction by exploring a large body of empirical data collected in the SUF project. Data about linguistic background and practices of 222 informants were analyzed by means of linguistic profiling. The resulting profiles display great diversity among informants regarding nativeness criteria, which can also be expected to be found in other similar contexts. This implies that the application of a binary NS/NNS distinction in such contexts will either result in a categorization of informants into two heterogeneous groups, or, if only clear cases are included, result in the exclusion of a considerable number of language users from the investigation. These observations have implications for the study of language variation and change in multilingual contexts more generally.
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- Källström, Roger, 1946
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Multiethnic youth language in reviews of the novel Ett öga rött
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In: Young Urban Swedish. Variation and change in multilingual settings.. - Göteborg : University of Gothenburg. - 9789187850424 ; , s. 125-146
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)abstract
- The novel Ett öga rött is written almost exclusively in a version of multiethnic youth language. One of the themes of this chapter is the way critics designate multiethnic youth language and multilinguals in Sweden in their reviews of the novel. Several of them use the controversial word rinkebysvenska 'Rinkeby Swedish' and even more use blatte, a denigrating word for people of non-Swedish descent. It turns out that reviewers use some typographic or linguistic strategies to soften the impact of these words. The second theme concerns those critics who stylise multiethnic youth language in their reviews. The stylised passages are not out-right parodies. They are generally deployed to give samples of the chief character's language use, and a glimpse of his character, while lending the review a humorous and light tone. However, it could be argued that the light tone is achieved at the expense of (speakers of) multiethnic youth language, since the stylistic effect is dependent on the inappropriateness of multiethnic youth language as a medium for literary reviews.
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- Lindberg, Inger, 1947-
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Fostering multilingualism in Swedish schools – intentions and realities
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In: Young Urban Swedish. - Gothenburg : Department of Swedish Language, University of Gothenburg. - 9789187850424 ; , s. 149-172
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)abstract
- The continuous cast of ethnic and linguistic diversity in negative terms in Swedish schools reveals systematic mismatches between intended policies and everyday classroom practices. In this article, failures in terms of the implementation of language education policy are attributed to languagepolicies not being sufficiently attuned to the sociolinguistic realities in multilingual contexts and at the same time disregarding issues of power and identity. With reference to findings in critical, ethnographic research, it is suggested that strategic essentialism at a general policy level as well as linguicism as a manifestation of prevailing deficit ideologies at an institutional and individual level of practice may contribute to an unresolved tension between the official policy and local educational practices. It is concluded that a number of challenges remain to be addressed before the vision of equal access to linguistic resources in Swedish schools can be realized.
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