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Grover, Virginia L. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
Scholars have long critiqued points of view in which monolingual perspectives are seen as normative in research on multilingualism. In relation to this "monolingual orientation," however, in which monolingualism is perceived to be the implicit norm, less work has been dedicated to methodological challenges. As disciplinary perspectives…
Descriptors: Criticism, Monolingualism, Multilingualism, Language Variation
Toyese Najeem Dahunsi; Thompson Olusegun Ewata – Language Teaching Research, 2025
Multi-word expressions are formulaic language universals with arbitrary and idiosyncratic collocations. Their usage and mastery are required of learners of a second language in achieving naturalness. However, despite the importance of multi-word expressions to mastering a second language, their syntactic architecture and colligational…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Carol A. Ready – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2025
In my research I examine the linguistic practices of Moroccans in Spain, many of whom speak Moroccan Arabic as well as Modern Standard Arabic, Tamazight, French, English and Spanish at varying levels of proficiency. As part of my research, I conducted a 10-month linguistic ethnography. I was able to rely on my native English and near-native…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Arabic, Language Variation, Immigrants
Kai Zhu; Shanhua He – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2025
This study investigates the language ideologies manifested in the linguistic hierarchies produced by relevant EU governmental/political institutions through their language requirements for visa application documents. Based on the theoretical framework of Language Management Theory (LMT), this study employs a mixed-methods approach, combining…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Planning, Public Policy, Native Language
Fethi Helal – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2024
Taking a multi-level perspective on language-in-public-space policy, this study investigates the way Tunisia's dominant languages are dealt with in three independent but interrelated activities of language policy: official texts, public talk, and the actual practices of business actors in five commercial districts in metropolitan Tunis. Detailed…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Language Usage
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
Yaron Matras; Katie Harrison; Leonie Elisa Gaiser; Stephanie Connor – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Drawing on interviews with staff from Language Supplementary Schools (LSS) in Manchester (UK), we discuss the emergence of makeshift ideologies whereby actors seek to legitimise choices and policies of heritage language transmission in the diaspora setting. Actors discuss the use of regional and vernacular varieties, the consideration given to…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Community Schools, Language Attitudes, Language Maintenance
Kevin W. H. Tai; Chiu-Yin Wong – Applied Linguistics, 2023
Despite the extensive research on translanguaging in bi/multilingual classrooms, research on the context of first language (L1) classrooms remains scarce. This study fills the research gap by examining how a translanguaging space was created in an L1 classroom to prepare students to inhabit a world with different linguistic and cultural practices.…
Descriptors: English, Native Language, Code Switching (Language), Discourse Analysis
Djou, Dakia N.; Ntelu, Asna; Hinta, Ellyana – Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2023
The Gorontalo language has coexisted with the Indonesian language for years, resulting in significant cohesion between two languages. Code-mixing is said to be a byproduct of such cohesion. The present study aimed to examine this linguistic phenomenon to what extent the Gorontalo language speakers code-mix between their native language (the…
Descriptors: Marriage, Speech Acts, Code Switching (Language), Language Usage
Hongqin Li; Lin Pan; Philip Seargeant; David Block – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2025
This study explores how preservice English teachers in China perceive and leverage their Chinese and English linguistic repertoires in ELT methodology training, and how a reflective understanding of their use of these repertoires can contribute to their development as teachers. To understand how their practices and conceptualizations of language…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Code Switching (Language)
Andrew Schenck – International Journal of Adult Education and Technology, 2024
Power distance (PD), a cultural value denoting acceptance of asymmetrical power relationships, influences the force of rhetoric used by a writer to address their reader. However, AI technologies such as ChatGPT lack an explicit awareness of PD, which could affect the quality of AI-generated persuasive texts used for language learning. To…
Descriptors: Power Structure, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software, Persuasive Discourse
Affef Ghai; Sharif Alghazo – Open Education Studies, 2024
This corpus-based study explores the expression of gratitude in the acknowledgement section of doctoral dissertations in both English and Arabic. The objective is to analyse how gratitude in academic discourse is structured in these languages and to explore any differences related to gender. The study examines 80 dissertations (40 in English and…
Descriptors: Doctoral Students, Doctoral Dissertations, Arabic, English
Tomoaki Morikawa; Jayson Parba – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Online eikaiwa, or English conversations via teleconferencing platforms, is a popular informal English learning avenue among Japanese nationals. Although online eikaiwa has received scholarly attention in recent years, only a few studies have investigated the current diversification efforts in the industry in terms of hiring teachers from various…
Descriptors: Language Variation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Native Language
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
Khatuna Buskivadze – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2023
The present study aims to investigate the socio- and applied linguistic functions and frequency of lecturers' language behaviors (code-switching (CS), code-mixing (CM), and translanguaging) in terms of showing lecturers' social identity in the Georgian educational discourse, namely, in teaching Business English (English for Specific Purposes -…
Descriptors: Business English, English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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