Multilingualism and the Periphery

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-0-19-994519-1
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA

Buch, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 377 g

Reihe: Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics

Multilingualism and the Periphery is an edited volume that explores the ways in which core-periphery dynamics shape multilingualism. The research focuses on peripheral sites, which are defined by a relationship-be it geographic, political, economic etc.-to some perceived centre. Viewing multilingualism through the lens of core-periphery dynamics allows the contributors to highlight language ideological tensions with regard to language boundary-making, language ownership, commodification and authenticity, as well as the ways in which speakers seek novel solutions in adapting their linguistic resources to new situations and thereby develop innovative language practices. Since the core-periphery relationship is never fixed, but instead constantly renegotiated and mutually constitutive, the essays in the volume are particularly concerned with processes of peripheralization and of centralization. The volume includes ten essays by leading scholars in the field, and introductory and concluding remarks by the volume editors.

Zielgruppe

Scholars and graduate students in sociolinguistics, discourse studies, applied linguistics, and linguistic anthropology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pietikainen, Sari

Kelly-Holmes, Helen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Angewandte Sprachwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Mehrsprachigkeit
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents
Contributors
1. Multilingualism and the Periphery
Sari Pietikäinen and Helen Kelly-Holmes
2. Repositioning the Multilingual Periphery: Class, Language and Transnational Markets in Francophone Canada
Monica Heller
3. What Makes Art Acadian?
Mireille McLaughlin
4. Tourism and Gender in Linguistic Minority Communities
Joan Pujolar
5. Heteroglossic Authenticity in Sámi Heritage Tourism
Sari Pietikäinen
6. Linguistic Creativity in Corsican Tourist Context
Alexandra Jaffe and Cedric Oliva
7. 'Translation in progress': Centralizing and Peripheralizing Tensions in the Practices of Commercial Actors in Minority Language Tourist Sites
Helen Kelly-Holmes
8. Welsh Tea: The Centring and Decentring of Wales and the Welsh Language
Nikolas Coupland
9. The (De-)Centring Spaces of Airports: Framing Mobility and Multilingualism
Adam Jaworski and Crispin Thurlow
10. The Career of a Diacritical Sign: Language in Spatial Representations and Representational Spaces
Brigitta Busch
11. Multilingualism and the Periphery: Opportunities and Challenges
Helen Kelly-Holmes and Sari Pietikäinen

Über Autor(innen)

Sari Pietikäinen is Professor of Languages at the University of Jyväskylä.

Helen Kelly-Holmes is Lecturer in Sociolinguistics at the University of Limerick.