UID:
almafu_9961448536302883
Format:
1 online resource (221 pages)
ISBN:
1-80041-227-4
,
1-80041-226-6
Series Statement:
Second Language Acquisition ; v.156
Content:
This study of language issues in the context of migration provides interdisciplinary insights into language as learned, used and lived by refugees in Norway. It offers an innovative contribution to the field of SLA by bringing together structural, cognitive, social and critical approaches to data collected among the same individuals.
Note:
Introduction: Forced migration and language learning / Guri Bordal Steien & Marte Monsen -- Women, children, dogs, flowers and men : constructions of Norway and investment in Norwegian / Marte Monsen & Guri Bordal Steien -- "In Uganda, we collected them in the streets" : on the street as an absent language learning space / Guri Bordal Steien -- Technologies of government : intake interviews as institutional arenas for the regulation of newly arrived refugees in Norway / Veronica Pájaro -- "Because I was the only one who dared" : approaches to multilingual repertoires in adult language classes / Marte Monsen & Marianne Eek -- Resettling literacies : the case of Sarah and Simon / Marte Monsen -- Syllable structures in English speech produced by multilingual speakers with histories of mobility / Ida Syvertsen -- Word order in additional language English spoken by multilinguals / Sylvi Rørvik -- "The sound of asking a question" : metalanguage and crosslinguistic awareness in adults learning Norwegian as an additional language / Gunhild Randen -- Syntactic complexity in early adult additional language Norwegian / Bård Uri Jensen -- A year goes by : a longitudinal study of verb-locative constructions in additional language Norwegian / Marte Nordanger -- Pragmatic development in four Congolese refugees' Norwegian : response to topic initial elicitors and topic proffers / Paulina Horbowicz -- Conclusion: Towards a research agenda on learning and forced migration / Guri Bordal Steien & Marte Monsen.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-80041-225-8
Language:
English
