Allardt Ljunggren, Barbro
Title: Åland som språksamhälle: Språk och språkliga attityder på Åland ur ett ungdomsperspektiv [The Åland Islands as a
Language Environment: Languages and Language Attitudes from an Adolescent Perspective]
Department: Stockholm University, Faculty of Humanities, Centre for Research on Bilingualism
URI: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-8153
Publication type: Doctoral thesis
Language: Swedish [sv] with a summary in English [en]
Keywords: Åland, Åland Island, language attitudes, adolescents, autonomy, quantitative study, affinity, language competence, majority-minority relaations, secure/insecure groups, interactive acculturation
Defence: 2008-09-20, hörsal 9, hus D, Universitetsvägen 10, Stockholm, 13:00, Swedish
Opponent: Melander, Björn, Professor, Institutionen för nordiska språk, Uppsala universitet, Sweden
Abstract [en] : The present thesis deals with Åland, i.e. the Åland Islands, as a language environment. Its main focus is on the language attitudes of adolescents. The status, role and use of Swedish, Finnish and English are topical. Its main part consists of an empirical study, which is based on an extensive questionnaire answered by students in grade 9 of primary school and in the second grade of the (theoretical) secondary school in Åland.
The thesis includes a description of Åland as a language environment. The legal framework making Åland an autonomous region in Finland with Swedish as the only official language is presented. Language policies in Åland are compared with those of Sweden and Finland (outside of Åland). Special treatment is given to the school as a linguistic environment and recent language related debate in Åland.
The central questions in the questionnaire relate to language choice, media habits, subjective estimations of the respondents’ own language competence and language attitudes in a broad sense.
Six hypotheses based on a model of secure and insecure majorities and minorities as well as the Interactive Acculturation Model are postulated and treated.
The results of the empirical study reveal very strong feelings of affinity towards Åland. Attitudes towards English and English-speakers are in general positive.
The results reveal somewhat ambivalent attitudes towards Finnish and Finland. Many variables show a tendency among the respondents to favour Sweden ahead of Finland and negative attitudes towards Finnish but there are also other conflicting results.
The respondents who have parents who speak Finnish to them display more positive attitudes towards Finnish and Finland. These differences between the groups are statistically significant.
However, the group with a Finnish language background also displays its strongest feelings of affinity towards Åland.
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Title: Åland som språksamhälle: Språk och språkliga attityder på Åland ur ett ungdomsperspektiv [The Åland Islands as a
Language Environment: Languages and Language Attitudes from an Adolescent Perspective]
Department: Stockholm University, Faculty of Humanities, Centre for Research on Bilingualism
URI: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-8153
Publication type: Doctoral thesis
Language: Swedish [sv] with a summary in English [en]
Keywords: Åland, Åland Island, language attitudes, adolescents, autonomy, quantitative study, affinity, language competence, majority-minority relaations, secure/insecure groups, interactive acculturation
Defence: 2008-09-20, hörsal 9, hus D, Universitetsvägen 10, Stockholm, 13:00, Swedish
Opponent: Melander, Björn, Professor, Institutionen för nordiska språk, Uppsala universitet, Sweden
Abstract [en] : The present thesis deals with Åland, i.e. the Åland Islands, as a language environment. Its main focus is on the language attitudes of adolescents. The status, role and use of Swedish, Finnish and English are topical. Its main part consists of an empirical study, which is based on an extensive questionnaire answered by students in grade 9 of primary school and in the second grade of the (theoretical) secondary school in Åland.
The thesis includes a description of Åland as a language environment. The legal framework making Åland an autonomous region in Finland with Swedish as the only official language is presented. Language policies in Åland are compared with those of Sweden and Finland (outside of Åland). Special treatment is given to the school as a linguistic environment and recent language related debate in Åland.
The central questions in the questionnaire relate to language choice, media habits, subjective estimations of the respondents’ own language competence and language attitudes in a broad sense.
Six hypotheses based on a model of secure and insecure majorities and minorities as well as the Interactive Acculturation Model are postulated and treated.
The results of the empirical study reveal very strong feelings of affinity towards Åland. Attitudes towards English and English-speakers are in general positive.
The results reveal somewhat ambivalent attitudes towards Finnish and Finland. Many variables show a tendency among the respondents to favour Sweden ahead of Finland and negative attitudes towards Finnish but there are also other conflicting results.
The respondents who have parents who speak Finnish to them display more positive attitudes towards Finnish and Finland. These differences between the groups are statistically significant.
However, the group with a Finnish language background also displays its strongest feelings of affinity towards Åland.
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Vastaukset 3
Vanhimmat
biggest problem ?? What do you want to tell us ?? Or are you just another bullshit walking and talking idiot ??
jotenkin huvittaa kun englanniks vastataan. taitaa olla "hyvä" koulutus siellä saariläntissä
Päätit sitten näyttää että olet jotain, sanaakaan en slangistas tajunnu.
Olen oikeasti ylpeä etten tajunnu mokelluksestas
hevonpieruakaan, opettele kirjoittamaan ahven.