Languages and Slang
Languages, dialects and slang of Sweden
Introduction
My research will be how the language variation in Sweden looks today, and I will give some information about the Swedish language and other spoken languages in Sweden. I will also look into the sub-dialects called `Rinkebyswedish`, ´Swenglish” and slang language. Swedish is now officially the main language of Sweden and is spoken approximately by 10 million people. Although until 2009 it was not the official language. The reason for that was completely political. My research questions will be;
What are the spoken languages and dialects of Sweden?
What is `Rinkebyswedish`and how does it affect the Swedish language?
Method
In order to collect data for my analysis, I read two very helpful and interesting books about language and slang. These books are called “Skolan mitt I förorten” by Nihad Bunar and “Sociolinguistics. An introduction to Language and Society” by Peter Trudgill. Furthermore, I looked at webpages on the Internet, regarding this topic, for information and collected some important material for this essay. Reports by Mikael Parkvall and Anastacia Nylund called “Sveriges språk-vem talar vad och var?” and 'The slang of suburban boys ' were also very useful for this essay. In addition to that, I used the novel “Ett öga rött” by Jonas Hassen Khemiri as reference material for my analysis. This novel is written almost exclusively in a version of multiethnic youth language or as some would call it ´rinkebyswedish`.
Result
Sweden has never been homogeneous when it comes to language and culture. There have always been language minorities. The minority languages in Sweden are Finnish, Meänkieli, Romani, Sami and Yiddish. Swedish is also one of the main languages used in Finland. Sami is also spoken in Norway, Finland and Russia. The Swedish language is on some level competing with these minority languages. One might assume that English should be one of these languages, but English is actually
Introduction
My research will be how the language variation in Sweden looks today, and I will give some information about the Swedish language and other spoken languages in Sweden. I will also look into the sub-dialects called `Rinkebyswedish`, ´Swenglish” and slang language. Swedish is now officially the main language of Sweden and is spoken approximately by 10 million people. Although until 2009 it was not the official language. The reason for that was completely political. My research questions will be;
What are the spoken languages and dialects of Sweden?
What is `Rinkebyswedish`and how does it affect the Swedish language?
Method
In order to collect data for my analysis, I read two very helpful and interesting books about language and slang. These books are called “Skolan mitt I förorten” by Nihad Bunar and “Sociolinguistics. An introduction to Language and Society” by Peter Trudgill. Furthermore, I looked at webpages on the Internet, regarding this topic, for information and collected some important material for this essay. Reports by Mikael Parkvall and Anastacia Nylund called “Sveriges språk-vem talar vad och var?” and 'The slang of suburban boys ' were also very useful for this essay. In addition to that, I used the novel “Ett öga rött” by Jonas Hassen Khemiri as reference material for my analysis. This novel is written almost exclusively in a version of multiethnic youth language or as some would call it ´rinkebyswedish`.
Result
Sweden has never been homogeneous when it comes to language and culture. There have always been language minorities. The minority languages in Sweden are Finnish, Meänkieli, Romani, Sami and Yiddish. Swedish is also one of the main languages used in Finland. Sami is also spoken in Norway, Finland and Russia. The Swedish language is on some level competing with these minority languages. One might assume that English should be one of these languages, but English is actually
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