Taking the Norwegian construction industry as its site of study, this article discusses under which conditions migrant workers in the Norwegian construction industry obtain the status as new speakers in the workplace. These conditions are determined by language proficiency requirements and speaker hierarchies that are constructed through language management at various institutional levels (legislation, industry and workplace). Moreover, the article highlights how language management in the construction industry ascribes linguistic competences, especially competences in the nation-state language Norwegian, with value. Ultimately, this value entails opportunities as well as challenges for the professional lives of migrant workers. The study uses an Ethnography of Language Policy approach combined with Foucauldian discourse analysis which emphasises discourses as social practices. Discourses of policy documents and recommendations are analysed and contextualised with workplace practices and workers’ accounts from three different Norwegian construction sites. The article contributes to the study of new speakers by providing insights into language management in a workplace dominated by multilingualism, migration, and temporariness.

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语言政策和语言能力：挪威建筑行业的新发言人

本文以挪威建筑业为研究对象，探讨了挪威建筑业的农民工在何种条件下获得了职场新人的地位。这些条件由语言能力要求和说话者等级决定，这些等级是通过不同机构级别（立法、行业和工作场所）的语言管理构建的。此外，文章强调了建筑行业的语言管理如何赋予语言能力，尤其是挪威民族国家语言能力的价值。归根结底，这一价值为农民工的职业生活带来了机遇和挑战。该研究使用语言政策民族志方法结合福柯式的话语分析，强调话语作为社会实践。对政策文件和建议的论述进行了分析，并将其与来自三个不同挪威建筑工地的工作场所实践和工人账户联系起来。这篇文章通过提供对多语言、移民和临时性主导的工作场所中的语言管理的见解，为新说话者的研究做出贡献。