Dissertation: 30.5.2017 Lic.Ph. Jaana Kolu (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Swedish language)
(WorldNews Finland)

Lic.Ph. Jaana Kolu defends her doctoral dissertation in Swedish language `Me ollaan mukana tässä exsperimentissä` Lingvistiska resurser och språkpraktiker i tvåspråkiga ungdomssamtal i Haparanda, Stockholm och Helsingfors. Opponent Professor Jarmo Lainio (Stockholm University) and custos Professor Åsa Parviainen (University of Jyväskylä). The doctoral dissertation is held in Swedish. Abstract The thesis explores bilingual adolescents` language use, linguistic resources, and language practices in interaction at three junior high schools in Haparanda, a Swedish town on the country`s northeastern border with Finland. A comparison is also made with interaction among...