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Li Wei; Tong King Lee – Applied Linguistics, 2024
This article seeks to address the ever-expanding and shifting communicative demands of 'liquid modernity' by focussing on two key issues: the need to reconceptualize language and communication as a consequence of the diversification of media and resources people draw upon to meet these demands; and the need for a new analytical framework to…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Translation, Multilingualism, Communication (Thought Transfer)
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Lee, Carmen – Applied Linguistics, 2023
This paper probes alternative meanings and processes for decolonizing English that arise from the particular geopolitical histories and identities of Hong Kong and engagement with political and translingual activism. I illustrate the positioning and tension between English, 'Kongish' (a mix of English and localized linguistic resources in Hong…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English, Chinese, Decolonization
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Erling, Elizabeth J.; Brummer, Michael; Foltz, Anouschka – Applied Linguistics, 2023
This study provides a counter-narrative to commonly found deficit discourses about LX English learners from migration backgrounds in Europe. A questionnaire was conducted with 108 middle school students and 100 high school students in Austria in a context which has been relatively unexplored: non-elite, linguistically diverse small-town schools.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Li, Songqing – Applied Linguistics, 2017
Does English always play an important role in constructing identities within the multimodal ad? This question has wide-ranging implications for the study of identity constructions in bilingual advertising in particular, and for bilingualism and multilingualism generally. This article presents a critical-cognitive approach that is an evidence-based…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Bilingualism, Multilingualism, Advertising
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Kramsch, Claire – Applied Linguistics, 2012
This article explores the feelings of imposture that are sometimes experienced by multilingual subjects--learners of a language other than their own or users of multiple languages--and their difficulty of finding authentic or legitimate subject positions in a global world with fluid boundaries and uncertain categories of identity. It examines what…
Descriptors: Linguistic Theory, Applied Linguistics, Writing (Composition), Multilingualism
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Barton, David; Lee, Carmen K. M. – Applied Linguistics, 2012
In this article, we examine the characteristics of vernacular literacies on Web 2.0, focusing on the writing activities performed on the photo-sharing site Flickr.com. This site provides people with many possibilities for writing, ranging from individual tags to extensive profiles. The study investigates these forms of writing to address questions…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Adult Literacy, Web 2.0 Technologies, Writing (Composition)