Multilingualism and identity: interdisciplinary perspectives

by Ayres-Bennett, Wendy Fisher, Linda

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Full title :Multilingualism and identity : interdisciplinary perspectives / edited by Wendy Ayres-Bennett, Linda Fisher.

Summary

"The analysis and understanding of multilingualism, and its relationship to identity in the face of globalization, migration and the increasing dominance of English as a lingua franca, makes it a complex and challenging problem that requires insights from a range of disciplines. With reference to a variety of languages and contexts, this book offers fascinating insights into multilingual identity from a team of world-renowned scholars, working from a range of different theoretical and methodological perspectives. Three overarching themes are explored - situatedness, identity practices, and investment - and detailed case studies from different linguistic and cultural contexts are included throughout. The chapter authors' consideration of 'multilingualism-as-resource' challenges the conception of 'multilingualism-as-problem', which has dogged so much political thinking in late modernity. The studies offer a critical lens on the types of linguistic repertoire that are celebrated and valued, and introduce the policy implications of their findings for education and wider social issues"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2022.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, United Kingdom
Language:eng
Publication Date:2022.

The Physical Object

Description:xi, 426 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781108490207, 1108490204
oclc:on1294287072
LC Classification:P115.45
Dewey Decimal:306.44/6

Towards interdisciplinarity in multilingual identity research : differing perspectives and common ground / Wendy Ayres-Bennett and Linda Fisher -- 'Every line is a lie' : the geographical and cognitive mapping of multilingualism and identity / John E. Joseph -- Beyond 'narrating the nation' : cultural producers and multilingualism in wartime Ukraine / Rory Finnin and Ivan Kozachenko -- Metrolingual practices and distributed identities : people, places, things and languages / Alastair Pennycook and Emi Otsuji -- Migrants' identities in multilingual cities : plurilingualism as transformative social asset / Cécile Sabatier Bullock -- Indexicalities in the multilingual city : listeners' perceptions of urban vernacular French / Janice Carruthers and Daniel McAuley -- Multilingualism and identity in Ningbo, China : a case study / Hui Zhao -- Decolonizing languages in rural settings : towards equatorial epistemologies / Alison Phipps -- Seeking methodological rigour in language and identity research : applying a version of positioning theory to a research interview excerpt / David Block -- Translation, identity and translanguaging : perspectives from a global literacy initiative / Liam D…