Speaking Subjects in Multilingualism Research: Biographical and Speaker-centred Approaches

Published by Multilingual Matters 2022

Speaking Subjects in Multilingualism Research

Biographical and Speaker-centred Approaches

Edited by: Judith Purkarthofer and Mi-Cha Flubacher

Volume 7 in the series Researching Multilingually

https://doi.org/10.21832/9781800415737

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About this book

This book brings together contributions focused on the interplay between language use by individuals and societies and language-related inequalities, as well as opportunities for speakers, and salient moments of multilingual encounters. The chapters demonstrate how biographical research can contribute to an understanding of linguistic diversity.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Figures and Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	xvii
Part 1: Introducing Speaking Subjects
1 Speaking Subjects in Multilingualism Research: Biographical and Speaker-centred Approaches Mi-Cha Flubacher and Judith Purkarthofer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 And the Subject Speaks to You: Biographical Narratives as Memories and Stories of the Narratable Self Judith Purkarthofer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
3 Discourse and the Agency of the Subject in Autobiographical Narratives Tim McNamara Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
4 Ethnography as a Speaker-centred Approach? Methodological Reflections Mi-Cha Flubacher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
Part 2: Empirical Insights
Language Portraits as a Starting Ground
5 Profiles of Multilingualism: An Analysis of Language Biographies and Linguistic Repertoires of University Students Christine Anthonissen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
6 Experiencing Multimodal Languaging: The Use of Language Portraits with Deaf and Hearing Multilingual Signers Maartje De Meulder and Annelies Kusters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
7 Linguistic Biographies and Language Portraits as Tools for Developing Shared Understandings of Multilingualism with an Indigenous Australian Community Ruth Singer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
Linguistic Repertoires and Language Learning in Time and Space
8 Children’s Use of Their Full Linguistic Repertoire to Establish a Social and Linguistic Third Space for Learning: A Case Study of the Stars of Today Literacy Club Xolisa Guzula Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	126
9 Belonging: The Interplay of Linguistic Repertoires, Bodies and Space in an Educational Context Simangele Mashazi and Marcelyn Oostendorp Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
10 Learning about Multilingual Language Learning Experiences through Language Trajectory Grids Julie Choi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
11 Using Media Diaries to Study Multilingual Media Repertoires: A Pilot Study with Language Learners in a Rural Community Education Setting Andrea Sedlaczek Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
12 A Past of Flesh and Blood: Chronotopic Agency and Embodiment in Biographic Narrative Julia Sonnleitner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	186
13 Freedom is Suffering for a Caged Bird: Biographical Approaches and Psychotraumatology Mastura Raschidy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	204
14 Speaking about the Unspeakable: Interpreter-mediated Psychotherapy for Survivors of War and Torture Mascha Dabić Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	214
Part 3: Unsettling and Extending Biographical Research and Speaker-centred Approaches
15 Ilwiimi Zisulungekile: Reflections on Language, Meaning and Communication Ana Deumert, Zolani Kupe and Nkululeko Mabandla Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
16 Ideologies of Communication: The Social Link between Actors, Signs and Practices Jürgen Spitzmüller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	248
17 Language Issues? On Collecting Language Biographies without Focusing on Language Anne-Christel Zeiter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	270
18 A Few Remarks on Working with Auto-Socio-Bio-Ethnography Brigitta Busch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	290
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	304

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 328
Keywords: Sociolinguistics; Research methods: general; Bilingualism & multilingualism

eBook

Published: July 20, 2022
ISBN: 9781800415737