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Publication details [#30782]

Bijvoet, Ellen. 2002. Near nativeness and stylistic lexical competence in Swedish of first and second generation Finnish immigrants to Sweden. International Journal of Bilingualism 6 (1) : 39–51.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Kingston Press
ISBN
0023-8309

Annotation

The present study explores to what extent the Finns in Sweden have similar perceptions of stylistic nuances as the Swedes and/or Finns. The findings reveal that various Sweden Finnish test groups, arranged according to sex and generation, differ in competence in Swedish concerning the perception of stylistic nuances. These results are then discussed in the light of the ongoing debate on immigrants and integration. It is suggested that a more similar language use may point to a higher degree of integration.