Migration, Adult Language Learning and Multilingualism
Critical Sociolinguistics Research with New Speakers of Faroese
Anna-Elisabeth Holm
Migration, Adult Language Learning and Multilingualism
Critical Sociolinguistics Research with New Speakers of Faroese
Anna-Elisabeth Holm
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Description
This book focuses on the nexus of migration, adult language learning, and multilingualism of migrants in the Faroe Islands. This volume will be of interest to students and scholars in critical sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, language education, migration studies, and applied linguistics.
Anna-Elisabeth Holm works at the University of the Faroe Islands. Her doctoral research was completed at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. Her main research interests include sociolinguistic ethnography, language education for adult migrants, multilingualism in peripheral regions, and language policy and practice. Recent publications include: Holm et al. (2020). “Employers could use us, but they don’t”: voices from blue-collar workplaces in a northern periphery. Language Policy, Vol. 19, Issue 3, pp. 389-416; Hoffmann & Holm (2022). Learning Insular Nordic Languages: Comparative Perspectives on Migrants’ Experiences Learning Faroese and Icelandic. Nordic Journal of Migration Research, Vol. 12, Issue 3.