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In research on multilingualism and society, bi-/multilingualism are studied as a social phenomenon, both in multilingual Sweden and elsewhere in the world. Issues of globalization and transnational multilingualism are central to this research.

A common denominator is that questions about bilingualism and multilingualism are put in a political, social and cultural context. This line of research draws on the interest of sociolinguistics in language variation and change, but applies it to issues that involve more than one language. In sociolinguistically oriented research on bi-/multilingualism, the approaches can be ethnographic, historical, sociological, variational-linguistic, or discourse or conversational analytics.

Issues of power, language ideology, and language policy usually have central positions, irrespective of whether the focus is set on educational conditions of linguistic minorities, the multilingual practices of working life, or the arrangements that shape linguistic or semiotic landscapes. A common assumption is that language both reflects and shapes society.

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Bilingualism
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Researchers

Kenneth Hyltenstam

Professor emeritus

The Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism
Kenneth Hyltenstam. Foto: Pia Nordin

Caroline Kerfoot

Professor

The Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism
Caroline Kerfoot

Maria Rydell

Docent, Universitetslektor

The Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism
Maria Rydell

Linus Salö

Professor

The Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism
Linus Salö

Klara Skogmyr Marian

Universitetslektor

The Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism
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Christopher Stroud

Professor

The Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism

Natalia Volvach

Postdoc and Senior lecturer

The Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism
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Research is conducted at the Centre for Research on Bilingualism at the Department of Swedish Language an Multilingualism (Svefler).

The Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism