Multilingualism and identity : interdisciplinary perspectives / edited by Wendy Ayres-Bennett, Linda Fisher.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ayres-Bennett, Wendy, editor.

Fisher, Linda, 1964- editor.

Series:

Cambridge Education Research.

Cambridge education research

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multilingualism--Social aspects.

Multilingualism.

Multilingualism--Psychological aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 426 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

The analysis and understanding of multilingualism, and its relationship to identity in the face of globalization, migration and the increasing dominance of English as a lingua franca, makes it a complex and challenging problem that requires insights from a range of disciplines. With reference to a variety of languages and contexts, this book offers fascinating insights into multilingual identity from a team of world-renowned scholars, working from a range of different theoretical and methodological perspectives. Three overarching themes are explored - situatedness, identity practices, and investment - and detailed case studies from different linguistic and cultural contexts are included throughout. The chapter authors' consideration of 'multilingualism-as-resource' challenges the conception of 'multilingualism-as-problem', which has dogged so much political thinking in late modernity. The studies offer a critical lens on the types of linguistic repertoire that are celebrated and valued, and introduce the policy implications of their findings for education and wider social issues.

Contents:

Towards interdisciplinarity in multilingual identity research : differing perspectives and common ground / Wendy Ayres-Bennett and Linda Fisher

'Every line is a lie' : the geographical and cognitive mapping of multilingualism and identity / John E. Joseph

Beyond 'narrating the nation' : cultural producers and multilingualism in wartime Ukraine / Rory Finnin and Ivan Kozachenko

Metrolingual practices and distributed identities : people, places, things and languages / Alastair Pennycook and Emi Otsuji

Migrants' identities in multilingual cities : plurilingualism as transformative social asset / Cécile Sabatier Bullock

Indexicalities in the multilingual city : listeners' perceptions of urban vernacular French / Janice Carruthers and Daniel McAuley

Multilingualism and identity in Ningbo, China : a case study / Hui Zhao

Decolonizing languages in rural settings : towards equatorial epistemologies / Alison Phipps

Seeking methodological rigour in language and identity research : applying a version of positioning theory to a research interview excerpt / David Block

Translation, identity and translanguaging : perspectives from a global literacy initiative / Liam Doherty, Bonny Norton and Espen Stranger-Johannessen

The complexity of identities : insights from EMI educators' multilingual identities / Sarah Mercer and Kyle Read Talbot

Narrating heterogeneous identities in multilingual communities / Sabina Perrino and Stanton Wortham

Multilingualism(s), globalization, and identity : learning "Chinese" as an additional language / Patricia A. Duff

Who are the multilinguals? : pupils' definitions, self-perceptions and the public debate / Åsta Haukås

Multilingual identity construction through participative reflective practice in the languages classroom / Angela Gayton and Linda Fisher

Young children's language attitudes with implications for identity in a US dual language immersion classroom / Alison L. Bailey

Language, identity and empowerment in endangered language contexts : Māori and Guernesiais / Julia Sallabank and Jeanette King

Afterword : the complementarity of multilingualist and 4 T approaches / John E. Joseph.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 25 Jul 2022).

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ISBN:

9781108780469 (ebook)

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