Immigrant Experiences of Learning Icelandic and Connecting with the Speaking Community
The Icelandic language has a central role in defining Icelandic nationality. Given its importance in defining Icelandic nationality and as a precondition for citizenship, the article studies what learning the Icelandic language means for the growing numbers of immigrants who have arrived in Iceland...
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ftjnjmr:oai:ojs.journal-njmr.org:article/211 2023-05-15T16:49:31+02:00 Immigrant Experiences of Learning Icelandic and Connecting with the Speaking Community Dís Skaptadóttir, Unnur Innes, Pamela 2017-03-01 application/pdf https://journal-njmr.org/jms/article/view/211 https://doi.org/10.1515/njmr-2017-0001 eng eng Helsinki University Press https://journal-njmr.org/jms/article/view/211/206 10.1515/njmr-2017-0001 https://journal-njmr.org/jms/article/view/211 doi:10.1515/njmr-2017-0001 Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access). CC-BY-NC-ND Nordic Journal of Migration Research; Vol 7, No 1 (2017); 20-27 1799-649X Nationality Icelandic language immigrants inclusion exclusion info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2017 ftjnjmr https://doi.org/10.1515/njmr-2017-0001 2022-06-16T18:16:42Z The Icelandic language has a central role in defining Icelandic nationality. Given its importance in defining Icelandic nationality and as a precondition for citizenship, the article studies what learning the Icelandic language means for the growing numbers of immigrants who have arrived in Iceland in recent years. This ethnographic study presents immigrants’ perspectives on learning the language to be able to participate at work as well as gain access to the language community and Icelandic society in order to examine theory-based questions regarding processes of inclusion, exclusion and integration. Our study shows that although language is promoted as an important aspect in inclusion into Icelandic society, many of our participants who have attended classes but work mostly with other immigrants experience the language requirements instead as a boundary marker in terms of participation and belonging in Icelandic society. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Nordic Journal of Migration Research Nordic Journal of Migration Research 7 1 20 |
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The Icelandic language has a central role in defining Icelandic nationality. Given its importance in defining Icelandic nationality and as a precondition for citizenship, the article studies what learning the Icelandic language means for the growing numbers of immigrants who have arrived in Iceland in recent years. This ethnographic study presents immigrants’ perspectives on learning the language to be able to participate at work as well as gain access to the language community and Icelandic society in order to examine theory-based questions regarding processes of inclusion, exclusion and integration. Our study shows that although language is promoted as an important aspect in inclusion into Icelandic society, many of our participants who have attended classes but work mostly with other immigrants experience the language requirements instead as a boundary marker in terms of participation and belonging in Icelandic society. |
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Immigrant Experiences of Learning Icelandic and Connecting with the Speaking Community |
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Immigrant Experiences of Learning Icelandic and Connecting with the Speaking Community |
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Immigrant Experiences of Learning Icelandic and Connecting with the Speaking Community |
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Immigrant Experiences of Learning Icelandic and Connecting with the Speaking Community |
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Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access). |
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