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Insults or Acts of Identity? The Role of Stylization in Multilingual Discourse
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Higgins, Christina – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2015
This article discusses how stylization sheds light on the role of authenticity as an increasingly relevant concept in sociolinguistics. Building on research on style, crossing, and mock language use, the article demonstrates how multilingual stylization provides speakers with a wider range of resources for navigating and negotiating borders and…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Language Styles, Ethnicity, Role
Handbook of Research on Teaching Methods in Language Translation and Interpretation
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Cui, Ying, Ed.; Zhao, Wei, Ed. – IGI Global, 2015
As an area of research that continues to develop, the study of linguistics worldwide presents the opportunity for the improvement of cross-cultural communication through education and research. Language educators are charged with the task of instructing students to effectively communicate across cultures in a multi-lingual world. The…
Descriptors: Guides, Second Languages, Translation, Teaching Methods
Sociolinguistics. Oxford Introductions to Language Study.
Spolsky, Bernard – 1998
This introduction to sociolinguistics is presented in four parts. The first part gives an overview of this branch of language study, its scope and principles of inquiry, and its basic and key concepts. This portion is written for individuals with no prior knowledge or expertise in the subject. Topics covered in this section include: the nature of…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Dialects, Ethnography, Language Patterns
Phonetic Interference in Bilingual Speakers Learning a Third Language: The Production of Lateral Consonants.
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Martinez-Dauden, Gemma; Llisterri, Joaquim – 1990
A study examined the production of lateral consonants in seven male university students bilingual in Spanish and Catalan who had studied French in elementary and secondary school. A questionnaire elicited information about the subjects' use of each language with parents, with friends, at home, and in school. Each subject then read a 775-word text…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Bilingualism, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Equality in Language Learning. Proceedings of the Nordic Conference of Applied Linguistics, (5th, Jyvaskyla, Finland, June 4-7, 1987). AFinLA Series No. 45.
Sajavaara, Kari, Ed. – 1987
Papers presented at the conference on applied linguistics include the following: "Speaking of Grammars: Is Big Beautiful?" (Jan Svartvik); "A Sociosemiotic View of the Grasp of Language at Reality: The Lexical Field 'Aesthetic Judgment'" (Wolfgang Kuhlwein); "Language as a Target and Instrument of the Educational Process…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Classroom Communication, Discourse Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education
Communicative Needs in the Learning and Use of English.
Pride, John – 1978
English in Third World countries characteristically possesses an ambivalent, even ambiguous character, relating uneasily with feelings of nationalism and of tolerance towards grassroots multilingualism on the one hand, and with the not-so-blind desire of common people to acquire the White people's language on the other. Many different kinds of…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingualism, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages)