Postmigrant Talks Experiences of Language Use in Swedish Academia Academic Migrants in Sweden
(2023) In Ethnologia Scandinavica 53. p.114-135- Abstract
- The authors take on a problem that many departments in Sweden, not least in the humanities, are dealing with right now: language. They show how social status in academia is decoupled from linguistic integration, at least if we understand status in terms of academic titles. Feelings of insufficiency and incompleteness are, however, prevalent, even among those whose Swedish proficiency is objectively very high. The authors underline the value of language, how competence in English, Swedish, and other languages is crucial for academics’ possibilities to work and build careers.
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- Povrzanovic Frykman, Maja ; Narvselius, Eleonora LU and Törnquist-Plewa, Barbara LU
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- 2023-06-23
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- 22 pages
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- English
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