Modersmålsämnets legitimitet i ett förändrat politiskt landskap - En analys av svensk riksdagsdebatt under 2010-talet

The legitimacy of the mother tongue subject in a changing political landscape: An analysis Swedish parliamentary debate twenty-tens. This paper highlights and discusses arguments favor of, or against Mother Tongue Instruction (MTI) between 2010 2020. New to this decade is entrance yet another nationalist populist party with abolishment MTI on its agenda. Building critical discourse analytical frame argumentation analysis, we discuss party’s rhetoric – based an Othering construction as path alienation counter-voices. latter mainly concern role for development learning other school subjects, implying that own right subordinated. We argue counter-discourse represents shift how legitimized fact plays into assimilationists’ hands compared pluralistic ideology initially made way MTI. importance scrutinizing stressed anticipate action.