Bilingual couples talk : the discursive construction of hybridity / Ingrid Piller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Piller, Ingrid, 1967-

Series:

Studies in bilingualism ; v. 25.

Studies in bilingualism, 0928-1533 ; v. 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conversation analysis.

Discourse analysis.

Bilingualism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (327 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This sociolinguistic study of the linguistic practices of bilingual couples describes the conditions, processes and results of private language contact. It is based on a unique corpus of more than 20 hours of private conversations between partners in bilingual marriages. Adding to its breadth of coverage, these private conversations are supplemented with larger public discourses about international couplehood. The volume thus offers a corpus-driven investigation of the ways in which ideologies of gender, nationality and immigration mediate linguistic performances in private cross-cultural communication. The author embraces social-constructionist, feminist and postmodern approaches to second language learning, multilingualism and cross-cultural communication. In contrast to other titles in the field which have focused almost exclusively on the socialization of bilingual children, this book explores what it means to one's sense of self to become socialized into a second language and culture as a late bilingual.

Contents:

Bilingual Couples Talk

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Table of contents

Acknowledgements

Transcription

Chapter 1: Researching bilingual couple talk

Chapter 2: What we know

Chapter 3: "It needs to be natural"

Chapter 4: The couples

Chapter 5: "I speak English very well"

Chapter 6: "We speak bilingually"

Chapter 7: "We are citizens of the world"

Chapter 8: "Talk is essential"

Chapter 9: "The doors of Europe will be open to them"

Chapter 10: "I'm a hybrid"

Notes

References

Couples index

Name and subject index

Studies in Bilingualism.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-300) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612161483

9781282161481

1282161482

9789027296863

9027296863

OCLC:

70769068