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1	Klok som en orm - Exilletters uppfattning av idiomatiska uttryck / Wise as a snake - exile Latvians' comprehension of idiomatic phrases Zalkalns, Zane January 2010 (has links) Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur lettiska idiomatiska uttryck förstås och används av letter som bor i Sverige. / The aim of this paper is to examine how Latvian idiomatic expressions are understood and how often they are used by Latvians in Sweden. The Swedish Latvians can be grouped as follows: those that arrived in Sweden as a result of the Second World War and have lived here for a greater part of their lives, those that were born in Sweden of Latvian parents, and those that moved here after the reinstatement of Latvian independence in 1991. I shall examine if the Swedish Latvians who have grown up and/or lived in Sweden for many years a) know the meaning of Latvian idiomatic expressions; b) use these idiomatic expressions; and, if used, c) which idiomatic expressions are used most often? Latvian idioms Latvians in Sweden biligualism idiomatiska uttryck tvåspråkighet lettiska Sverigeletter Humanities and the Arts Humaniora och konst Specific Languages Studier av enskilda språk