Abstract
The dominance of English poses a challenge in a couple of ways, including the fact that fluency in English gives a symbolic advantage (everything else being equal) to those who have English as their native language – and conversely disadvantages those who have English as their second or even third language. The dominance of the English language tends to be accompanied by certain cultural and conceptual meanings. I will analyse these challenges with Swaan’s theory (2001) about a world language system and languages as a specific form of cultural capital – namely linguistic capital. I will discuss the implication the dominance of English could have for research discussion.
| Translated title of the contribution | Sprog som symbolsk kapital i børnehaveforskning |
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| Original language | English |
| Publication date | 3 Nov 2019 |
| Publication status | Published - 3 Nov 2019 |
| Event | 27th International RECE Conference: Border/lands and (Be)longings - New Mexico State University , Las Cruces,NM, United States Duration: 31 Oct 2019 → 5 Nov 2019 Conference number: 27 https://receinternational.org/2019-2/ https://receinternational.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/rece-program-2019.pdf (Programme) |
Conference
| Conference | 27th International RECE Conference |
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| Number | 27 |
| Location | New Mexico State University |
| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Las Cruces,NM |
| Period | 31/10/2019 → 05/11/2019 |
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