Proposal for a research project: Language, Culture and Identity in Migrant Narratives
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Introduction: Relevance of this project Immigration to Norway has increased dramatically the past thirty years with migrants coming from every continent in the world. Approximately 8.3% of the total population in Norway is counted as immigrant in the country, while this percentage increases to 23% in Oslo − a picture that is similar in other European countries today. Multiculturalism and multilingualism are inevitable consequences of migration. Contact between different cultural and linguistic groups contributes to an increased need to develop symbolic expressions of identities and to the formation of identities that are hybrid and complex. Identity is ever-present in practices of multilingualism and multiculturalism. Identities both shape and are shaped by language and cultural expressions, hence an inherently reflexive relationship.
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