Research subject Multilingualism and society
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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Kenneth Hyltenstam
Professor emeritus
Caroline Kerfoot
Professor
Scarlett Mannish
Doktorand
Maria Rydell
Docent, Universitetslektor
Linus Salö
Professor
Klara Skogmyr Marian
Universitetslektor
Christopher Stroud
Professor
Natalia Volvach
Researcher
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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