Stockholm university

Research project Urban speech style and the idea of desirable Swedishness. Language use, language ideology and the co

One of the reasons given by parents and students for applying from the suburbs to the inner city school is the opportunity to learn a so-called “good Swedish” . The idea of ​​a good Swedish spoken by specific students in specific places can be described as a form of language ideology, ie a normative notion of language and its users.

Project members

Project managers

Rickard Jonsson

Professor

Department of Child and Youth Studies
Rickard Jonsson. Foto: Niklas Björling.