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Challenging Understandings of Bilingualism in The Language Sciences From The Lens of Research That Focuses Social Practices

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Learning, Social Interaction and Diversity – Exploring Identities in School Practices

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A number of different languages are present in the linguistic ecology of Sweden including Swedish; sign languages; English and other foreign languages; regional languages or varieties of Swedish; “neighbour languages” like Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, et cetera; national minority languages; and the immigrant and refugee languages of those who have come to live in Sweden. (Hult, 2004, p. 183)

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  1. School HumES, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences, Örebro University, Närke, Sweden

    Sangeeta Bagga-Gupta

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  1. University of Gothenburg, Sweden

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  2. University of Applied Sciences Saxion, The Netherlands

    Geerdina van der Aalsvoort

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    Guida de Abreu

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Bagga-Gupta, S. (2012). Challenging Understandings of Bilingualism in The Language Sciences From The Lens of Research That Focuses Social Practices. In: Hjörne, E., Aalsvoort, G.v.d., Abreu, G.d. (eds) Learning, Social Interaction and Diversity – Exploring Identities in School Practices. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-803-2_7

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