• Can policies improve language vitality? The Sámi languages in Sweden and Norway 

      Lloyd-Smith, Anika; Bergmann, Fabian; Hund, Laura; Kupisch, Tanja (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-03-29)
      Introduction: Language policies are often aimed at changing language behaviours, yet it is notoriously difficult to assess their effects. This study investigates language use and competence in the Indigenous Sámi populations of Norway and Sweden in light of the national-level policies the two countries have adopted.<p> <p>Methods: We provide a cross-country comparison of relevant educational, ...
    • Experience of discrimination in egalitarian societies: the Sámi and majority populations in Sweden and Norway 

      Yasar, Rusen; Bergmann, Fabian; Lloyd-Smith, Anika; Schmid, Sven-Patrick; Holzinger, Katharina; Kupisch, Tanja (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-08-29)
      The Sámi people stand out as the only Indigenous minority in an egalitarian European context, namely the Nordic Countries. Therefore, inequalities that they may face are worth closer inspection. Drawing on the distinction between inequalities among individuals (vertical) and between groups (horizontal), we investigate how different types of inequalities affect the Sámi today. We formulate a series ...
    • Methodological challenges in working with Indigenous communities 

      Lloyd-Smith, Anika; Kupisch, Tanja (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-02-02)
      n their epistemological article, Grenoble and Osipov (2023, henceforth G&O) touch on some of the practical and ideological difficulties in working with Indigenous communities, in particular in relation to their work with the Even communities in northeastern Russia. They mention low speaker numbers and the associated challenge of obtaining sufficient data, the practical difficulties of reaching these ...
    • Voice Onset Time in multilingual speakers: Italian heritage speakers in Germany with L3 English 

      Geiss, Miriam; Gumbsheimer, Sonja; Lloyd-Smith, Anika; Schmid, Svenja; Kupisch, Tanja (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-07-01)
      This study brings together two previously largely independent fields of multilingual language acquisition: heritage language and third language (L3) acquisition. We investigate the production of fortis and lenis stops in semi-naturalistic speech in the three languages of 20 heritage speakers (HSs) of Italian with German as a majority language and English as L3. The study aims to identify the extent ...