Full Description
This book contributes to understanding research approaches for studying multilingualism in the context of contemporary superdiversity, in environments that are being dramatically transformed by transnational migration and movement of peoples. It explores language in urban contexts: the city as a site for experimentation and creativity in language practices. This involves considering theoretical frameworks in which to examine these practices, but above all, it focuses on how we do, or could do, research into these language practices and their users. What methodologies are we using to understand urban linguistic contexts? What do we want to learn? The chapters explore complex and challenging situations, capturing the evolution of new forms of language practice and changing attitudes to language in the city.
Contents
Introduction: Clare Mar-Molinero
Chapter 1. Clare Mar-Molinero: Researching Multilingual Urban Contexts
Chapter 2. Jessica Bradley & James Simpson: Translanguaging Across Space and Place: Concept and Context
Chapter 3. Leonie Gaiser & Yaron Matras: Re-visiting 'Community Language': Arabic in a Western Global City
Chapter 4. Darren Paffey: Hispanic London: Language Ideologies, Policies and Practices
Chapter 5. Petros Karatsareas: Uncovering Variation Within Urban Multilingualism
Chapter 6. Naomi Wells: Language and Transgenerational Identity in Valparaíso's Italian Community: Methodological and Theoretical Reflections
Chapter 7. Daniel McAuley and Janice Carruthers: Investigating Perceptions of Banlieue French: Problematising Theory and Methods
Chapter 8. Alfredo Escandón: Exploring Multilingualism in Urban Border Areas: The City of Tijuana
Conclusion: Clare Mar-Molinero
Index
