J Normann Jørgensen
Biographic Data
| ID | 989346 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Normann Jørgensen |
| GIVEN NAMES | J Normann |
| FAMILY NAME | Jørgensen |
| SIGNATURE | JØRGENSEN J N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Copenhagen |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Polylingual development among Turkish speakers in a Danish primary school – a critical view on the fourth grade slump
In this paper we report on a longitudinal study of the linguistic development among Turkish-speaking children in Denmark. A series of data were collected from a group of children attending a public school in Køge during the period 1989–1998 and from the same group – now in their 20s – in 2006–2007. The data set has been analyzed from a number of linguistic and educational perspectives (e.g. second language acquisition, code choice in interaction,…
Ideologies, norms, and practices in youth poly-languaging
The theme of this paper is the relationship of language ideologies as they may be uncovered in public discourse and as they are mediated through language users, for instance in minority families, to linguistic practices as observed among young speakers in a superdiverse environment in Copenhagen. We build on data from the Amager Project, a longitudinal study of the development of polylanguaging among adolescents, and analyze both explicit stateme…
Ideologies and norms in language and education policies in Europe and their relationship with everyday language behaviours
Formulations of linguistic rights in European official documents reveal important ideological characteristics of the thinking about language in European societies. These ideologies have important consequences for the language policies and education policies pursued by authorities and for the norms of language use promoted by education systems and gatekeepers. At the bottom of this is the concept of 'languages' as separable entities, a concept whi…
Attitudinal and sociostructural factors and their role in dialect change: Testing a model of subjective factors
The causation of language change is a problem with a high profile in sociolinguistics. This paper presents two contrasting models of language change: one that is based on sociopsychological factors (Kristiansen & Jørgensen, 2005) and one that rejects them (the Napoleon Principle, Brink & Lund, 1979). In a longitudinal study of individuals' changing pronunciation of the Danish aj -diphthong over 20 years, we test predictions following from the soc…
Crossing–Negotiating Social Boundaries
Linguistic Effects of Immigration: Language Choice, Codeswitching, and Change in Western European Turkish
Since the 1960s, Western Europe has been host to a large Turkish immigrant community. While many such communities shift to the majority language in the space of a few generations, language maintenance is remarkably successful in this community. This is partially because of continuing immigration, but it is also typical of a transnational identity that characterizes many bilingual communities in modern Europe. The linguistic effects of this on‐goi…
Polylingual Languaging Around and Among Children and Adolescents
The uniquely human capacity of using arbitrary signs to transfer concept and experience over great distances in time and place is what we call language. We use language with a purpose, and we use whatever features are at our disposal to achieve our ends, regardless of the fact that some speakers think that certain features should be held together and not used in combination with certain other features. The phenomenon of language is not necessaril…
Urban Wall Languaging
Graffiti constitutes a medium through which the youth express opposition to authorities, as well as desires, dreams, and hopes. Graffiti shows many of the linguistic characteristics of youth language, including playfulness and, first and foremost, polylingual languaging. Graffiti in almost every city, at least in Europe, uses English and one or more local language, and almost everywhere additional languages are involved. The relationship to North…
Plurilingual conversations among bilingual adolescents
Gender differences in the development of language choice patterns in the Køge Project
Children socialize each other linguistically, and this is very likely their only field for practicing certain linguistic skills which are not accepted by adults (although adults may use these skills themselves), such as swearing and codeswitching. The practicing of these skills goes hand in hand with the negotiation of social relations-perhaps including the celebrated difference in dominance among the gender. This paper studies the development of…
Bilingualism in the Køge Project
The Køge Project is a longitudinal study of the linguistic development of Turkish-Danish grade school children from beginning to end of their school careers. A subgroup of these children has been studied in great detail, and these students have delivered a wide range of data over the years. In the material are included pedagogical(e.g., teacher diaries and teacher questionnaires), sociolinguistic(e.g., parent interviews), and linguistic data (e.g…
Code‐switching as a communication, learning, and social negotiation strategy in first‐year learners of Danish
The term ‘code‐switching’ is used in two related yet different fields of linguistics: second language acquisition and bilingual studies. In the former, code‐switching is analyzed in terms of learning strategies, whereas the latter applies a competence view. This article intends to detect the borderline between the two concepts by investigating the use of code‐switching in first‐year learners of Danish. Our study points out that code‐switching app…
Languaging Among Fifth Graders: Code-switching in Conversation 501 of the Køge Project
Conversation 501 from the Køge Project is analysed for the four adolescent speakers' use of five to six different langauges or varieties. The code choice patterns are shown to function in a range of different ways, all of which can be described as phenomena that are not inherently different from the language use of youth as it is described in youth languages studies. In the conclusion, the article argues that 'bi-lingualism' – understood as somet…
Linguistic Construction and Negotiation of Social Relations Among Bilingual Turkish-speaking Adolescents in North-western Europe
(2003). Linguistic Construction and Negotiation of Social Relations Among Bilingual Turkish-speaking Adolescents in North-western Europe. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development: Vol. 24, No. 1-2, pp. 1-11
Bilingualism and minority languages
Three issues arise in sociolinguistic studies of the relationship between Danish and other languages, the first of which is the acquisition and development of Danish by the linguistic minorities. The second issue concerns bilingualism, including the maintenance of the minority languages, and the third issue involves more powerful languages, primarily English. These themes have all been hotly debated in the public political and educational discour…
Introduction. The sociolinguistics of Danish
Sociolinguistics in Denmark
On boundaries in linguistic continua
This article discusses the notion of regional standards of a language with regard to modern Danish. A regional standard is defined relative to a spectrum of varieties ranging from the national standard to the classical local dialects. We define the national standard, in accordance with Brink (1988), as the variety which has no localizable features. A local dialect is defined, in accordance with Danish dialectological tradition, as a combination o…
Denmark (DK)
Denmark
Introductory note
Minority language speaking students’ first and second language vocabulary
In a futile attempt to determine the approximate range of the technical Danish vocabulary needed by an immigrant student attending the automechanical line of the Copenhagen Technical School, I found that some of the concepts pertaining to first and second language vocabulary need revision. This was especially true with regard to certain minority languages, and with respect to certain particular fields. Of major importance, the distinction between…
Communication strategies as phenomena related to boundaries of ethnicity
The paper presents an investigation among some 100 immigrant students in Copenhagen public schools. It deals with their relations to the ethnic boundary between ‘Danish‐ness’ and ‘Non‐Danishness’ and their patterns of communication in conversation with an adult native speaker of Danish. Particular emphasis has been put on the students’ communication strategies and it was found that only the most academically successful commanded more than a narro…
Plurilingual conversations among bilingual adolescents
Urban Wall Languaging
Graffiti constitutes a medium through which the youth express opposition to authorities, as well as desires, dreams, and hopes. Graffiti shows many of the linguistic characteristics of youth language, including playfulness and, first and foremost, polylingual languaging. Graffiti in almost every city, at least in Europe, uses English and one or more local language, and almost everywhere additional languages are involved. The relationship to North…
Ideologies and norms in language and education policies in Europe and their relationship with everyday language behaviours
Formulations of linguistic rights in European official documents reveal important ideological characteristics of the thinking about language in European societies. These ideologies have important consequences for the language policies and education policies pursued by authorities and for the norms of language use promoted by education systems and gatekeepers. At the bottom of this is the concept of 'languages' as separable entities, a concept whi…
Attitudinal and sociostructural factors and their role in dialect change: Testing a model of subjective factors
The causation of language change is a problem with a high profile in sociolinguistics. This paper presents two contrasting models of language change: one that is based on sociopsychological factors (Kristiansen & Jørgensen, 2005) and one that rejects them (the Napoleon Principle, Brink & Lund, 1979). In a longitudinal study of individuals' changing pronunciation of the Danish aj -diphthong over 20 years, we test predictions following from the soc…
Code‐switching as a communication, learning, and social negotiation strategy in first‐year learners of Danish
The term ‘code‐switching’ is used in two related yet different fields of linguistics: second language acquisition and bilingual studies. In the former, code‐switching is analyzed in terms of learning strategies, whereas the latter applies a competence view. This article intends to detect the borderline between the two concepts by investigating the use of code‐switching in first‐year learners of Danish. Our study points out that code‐switching app…
Linguistic Construction and Negotiation of Social Relations Among Bilingual Turkish-speaking Adolescents in North-western Europe
(2003). Linguistic Construction and Negotiation of Social Relations Among Bilingual Turkish-speaking Adolescents in North-western Europe. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development: Vol. 24, No. 1-2, pp. 1-11
Introduction. The sociolinguistics of Danish
Languaging Among Fifth Graders: Code-switching in Conversation 501 of the Køge Project
Conversation 501 from the Køge Project is analysed for the four adolescent speakers' use of five to six different langauges or varieties. The code choice patterns are shown to function in a range of different ways, all of which can be described as phenomena that are not inherently different from the language use of youth as it is described in youth languages studies. In the conclusion, the article argues that 'bi-lingualism' – understood as somet…
Linguistic Effects of Immigration: Language Choice, Codeswitching, and Change in Western European Turkish
Since the 1960s, Western Europe has been host to a large Turkish immigrant community. While many such communities shift to the majority language in the space of a few generations, language maintenance is remarkably successful in this community. This is partially because of continuing immigration, but it is also typical of a transnational identity that characterizes many bilingual communities in modern Europe. The linguistic effects of this on‐goi…
Bilingualism and minority languages
Three issues arise in sociolinguistic studies of the relationship between Danish and other languages, the first of which is the acquisition and development of Danish by the linguistic minorities. The second issue concerns bilingualism, including the maintenance of the minority languages, and the third issue involves more powerful languages, primarily English. These themes have all been hotly debated in the public political and educational discour…
On boundaries in linguistic continua
This article discusses the notion of regional standards of a language with regard to modern Danish. A regional standard is defined relative to a spectrum of varieties ranging from the national standard to the classical local dialects. We define the national standard, in accordance with Brink (1988), as the variety which has no localizable features. A local dialect is defined, in accordance with Danish dialectological tradition, as a combination o…
Communication strategies as phenomena related to boundaries of ethnicity
The paper presents an investigation among some 100 immigrant students in Copenhagen public schools. It deals with their relations to the ethnic boundary between ‘Danish‐ness’ and ‘Non‐Danishness’ and their patterns of communication in conversation with an adult native speaker of Danish. Particular emphasis has been put on the students’ communication strategies and it was found that only the most academically successful commanded more than a narro…
Minority language speaking students’ first and second language vocabulary
In a futile attempt to determine the approximate range of the technical Danish vocabulary needed by an immigrant student attending the automechanical line of the Copenhagen Technical School, I found that some of the concepts pertaining to first and second language vocabulary need revision. This was especially true with regard to certain minority languages, and with respect to certain particular fields. Of major importance, the distinction between…
Introductory note
Denmark
Denmark (DK)
On boundaries in linguistic continua
This article discusses the notion of regional standards of a language with regard to modern Danish. A regional standard is defined relative to a spectrum of varieties ranging from the national standard to the classical local dialects. We define the national standard, in accordance with Brink (1988), as the variety which has no localizable features. A local dialect is defined, in accordance with Danish dialectological tradition, as a combination o…
Sociolinguistics in Denmark
Gender differences in the development of language choice patterns in the Køge Project
Children socialize each other linguistically, and this is very likely their only field for practicing certain linguistic skills which are not accepted by adults (although adults may use these skills themselves), such as swearing and codeswitching. The practicing of these skills goes hand in hand with the negotiation of social relations-perhaps including the celebrated difference in dominance among the gender. This paper studies the development of…
Bilingualism in the Køge Project
The Køge Project is a longitudinal study of the linguistic development of Turkish-Danish grade school children from beginning to end of their school careers. A subgroup of these children has been studied in great detail, and these students have delivered a wide range of data over the years. In the material are included pedagogical(e.g., teacher diaries and teacher questionnaires), sociolinguistic(e.g., parent interviews), and linguistic data (e.g…
Code‐switching as a communication, learning, and social negotiation strategy in first‐year learners of Danish
The term ‘code‐switching’ is used in two related yet different fields of linguistics: second language acquisition and bilingual studies. In the former, code‐switching is analyzed in terms of learning strategies, whereas the latter applies a competence view. This article intends to detect the borderline between the two concepts by investigating the use of code‐switching in first‐year learners of Danish. Our study points out that code‐switching app…
Languaging Among Fifth Graders: Code-switching in Conversation 501 of the Køge Project
Conversation 501 from the Køge Project is analysed for the four adolescent speakers' use of five to six different langauges or varieties. The code choice patterns are shown to function in a range of different ways, all of which can be described as phenomena that are not inherently different from the language use of youth as it is described in youth languages studies. In the conclusion, the article argues that 'bi-lingualism' – understood as somet…
Linguistic Construction and Negotiation of Social Relations Among Bilingual Turkish-speaking Adolescents in North-western Europe
(2003). Linguistic Construction and Negotiation of Social Relations Among Bilingual Turkish-speaking Adolescents in North-western Europe. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development: Vol. 24, No. 1-2, pp. 1-11
Bilingualism and minority languages
Three issues arise in sociolinguistic studies of the relationship between Danish and other languages, the first of which is the acquisition and development of Danish by the linguistic minorities. The second issue concerns bilingualism, including the maintenance of the minority languages, and the third issue involves more powerful languages, primarily English. These themes have all been hotly debated in the public political and educational discour…
Introduction. The sociolinguistics of Danish
Plurilingual conversations among bilingual adolescents
Polylingual Languaging Around and Among Children and Adolescents
The uniquely human capacity of using arbitrary signs to transfer concept and experience over great distances in time and place is what we call language. We use language with a purpose, and we use whatever features are at our disposal to achieve our ends, regardless of the fact that some speakers think that certain features should be held together and not used in combination with certain other features. The phenomenon of language is not necessaril…
Urban Wall Languaging
Graffiti constitutes a medium through which the youth express opposition to authorities, as well as desires, dreams, and hopes. Graffiti shows many of the linguistic characteristics of youth language, including playfulness and, first and foremost, polylingual languaging. Graffiti in almost every city, at least in Europe, uses English and one or more local language, and almost everywhere additional languages are involved. The relationship to North…
Crossing–Negotiating Social Boundaries
Linguistic Effects of Immigration: Language Choice, Codeswitching, and Change in Western European Turkish
Since the 1960s, Western Europe has been host to a large Turkish immigrant community. While many such communities shift to the majority language in the space of a few generations, language maintenance is remarkably successful in this community. This is partially because of continuing immigration, but it is also typical of a transnational identity that characterizes many bilingual communities in modern Europe. The linguistic effects of this on‐goi…
Attitudinal and sociostructural factors and their role in dialect change: Testing a model of subjective factors
The causation of language change is a problem with a high profile in sociolinguistics. This paper presents two contrasting models of language change: one that is based on sociopsychological factors (Kristiansen & Jørgensen, 2005) and one that rejects them (the Napoleon Principle, Brink & Lund, 1979). In a longitudinal study of individuals' changing pronunciation of the Danish aj -diphthong over 20 years, we test predictions following from the soc…
Ideologies and norms in language and education policies in Europe and their relationship with everyday language behaviours
Formulations of linguistic rights in European official documents reveal important ideological characteristics of the thinking about language in European societies. These ideologies have important consequences for the language policies and education policies pursued by authorities and for the norms of language use promoted by education systems and gatekeepers. At the bottom of this is the concept of 'languages' as separable entities, a concept whi…
Ideologies, norms, and practices in youth poly-languaging
The theme of this paper is the relationship of language ideologies as they may be uncovered in public discourse and as they are mediated through language users, for instance in minority families, to linguistic practices as observed among young speakers in a superdiverse environment in Copenhagen. We build on data from the Amager Project, a longitudinal study of the development of polylanguaging among adolescents, and analyze both explicit stateme…
Polylingual development among Turkish speakers in a Danish primary school – a critical view on the fourth grade slump
In this paper we report on a longitudinal study of the linguistic development among Turkish-speaking children in Denmark. A series of data were collected from a group of children attending a public school in Køge during the period 1989–1998 and from the same group – now in their 20s – in 2006–2007. The data set has been analyzed from a number of linguistic and educational perspectives (e.g. second language acquisition, code choice in interaction,…
Linguistics (20 works) · Sociology (15 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (14 works) · Psychology (13 works) · Danish (9 works) · Philosophy (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (7 works) · Gender Studies in Language (6 works) · Pedagogy (6 works)