To speak or not to speak : because they tell me to speak Sámi at daycare

• Main Author: Braut, Kristine Tjåland
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: Bokmål
• Published: Universitetet i Tromsø 2010
• Subjects: VDP::Humaniora: 000::Historie: 070; VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Sosialantropologi: 250; Tysfjord; Sámi
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/2965

This thesis is a research of Indigenous language revitalization through preschool children in a language nest. When families cannot themselves provide the language, as are mostly the case in Tysfjord, this language nest strengthens and activates the language. I question to what degree preschool chil...