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Friedman, Debra A. – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2023
This paper analyses adolescent Ukrainian-Russian bilinguals' stances towards polylanguaging as evidenced in their talk about and use of "suržyk," a stigmatised polylingual practice that combines features from Ukrainian and Russian. Drawing from group interviews with 39 Ukrainian young people (aged 14-15), it uses Bakhtin's ("The…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Language Attitudes, Russian, Ukrainian
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Fei, Yue; Weekly, Robert – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2022
This paper addresses the complexity of the linguistic situation in China by examining the language policy and language categorisation in the People's Republic of China (PRC), which has implications for how multilingual speakers conceptualise and practice 'language'. In addition, this paper examines the conceptual framework of translanguaging and…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Language Usage, Native Language, Second Language Learning
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Renner, Julia; Kaltenegger, Sandra – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2023
The starting point for this research is an eTandem initiative between learners of Mandarin Chinese and German. The participants mainly learnt the dominant variety of their target languages (German Standard German, Mainland Chinese Standard Mandarin), however, their tandem partners are speakers of a non-dominant variety (Austrian Standard German,…
Descriptors: Language Variation, German, Computer Mediated Communication, Standard Spoken Usage
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Wei, Li; Tsang, Alfred; Wong, Nick; Lok, Pedro – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2020
This paper analyses "Kongish Daily," a Facebook page that trans-scripts local news in Hong Kong into a creative and dynamic mix of Cantonese in traditional Chinese characters, Romanisation and made-up characters, simplified Chinese, pinyin, English, Hong Kong English, other phonetic symbols, emoji and other signs and images. We trace the…
Descriptors: Creativity, Code Switching (Language), Social Media, Sino Tibetan Languages
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Trimasse, Naima – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2019
The present paper investigates the occurrence of lexical transfer in L3 production in a diglossic context. The latter is characterised by a unique relationship between two varieties of language in one society and this makes it an interesting situation for the occurrence of crosslinguistic influence. Instances of semantic extensions were analysed…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Multilingualism, Semitic Languages, Language Variation
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Androutsopoulos, Jannis – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2020
This paper introduces the term 'trans-scripting' to examine fleeting, socially unstable practices of writing a language in a non-canonical script. As a theoretical notion, trans-scripting conceives of script as a semiotic resource whose situated choice and sequential alternation can create discursive meaning. The case study is on 'Hellenized…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Semiotics, Written Language, Case Studies
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Du, Biyu – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2019
Owing to its economic growth and social changes in the past two decades, China has become a popular destination for tourists, investors, and diverse communities of migrants. When foreign-language-speaking migrants interact with Chinese criminal justice system, they rely on interpreters to participate in the proceedings. Based on four-month trial…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Immigrants, Law Enforcement
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Jorgensen, J. Normann – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2008
The uniquely human capacity of using arbitrary signs to transfer concept and experience over great distances in time and place is what we call language. We use language with a purpose, and we use whatever features are at our disposal to achieve our ends, regardless of the fact that some speakers think that certain features should be held together…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Urban Youth, Multilingualism
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Hawkins, Simon – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2008
This article challenges the categorisation of English into national forms, arguing that this obscures differences in usage within a nation and ignores genres and registers that exist around the world. Further, I suggest that in addition to examining the spread of English around the world, scholars should study the ubiquity of various discourses…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Ideology, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
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Sarkar, Mela; Winer, Lise – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2006
Quebec rap lyrics stand out on the world Hip-Hop scene by virtue of the ease and rapidity with which performers in this multilingual, multiethnic youth community codeswitch, frequently among three or more languages or language varieties (usually over a French and/or English base) in the same song. We construct a framework for understanding…
Descriptors: Language Variation, Multilingualism, Foreign Countries, Poetry