Speaking Subjects in Multilingualism Research : : Biographical and Speaker-centred Approaches / / ed. by Mi-Cha Flubacher, Judith Purkarthofer.

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• MitwirkendeR: Anthonissen, Christine,; Busch, Brigitta,; Choi, Julie,; Dabić, Mascha,; De Meulder, Maartje,; Deumert, Ana,; Flubacher, Mi-Cha,; Guzula, Xolisa,; Kupe, Zolani,; Kusters, Annelies,; Mabandla, Nkululeko,; Mashazi, Simangele,; McNamara, Tim,; Oostendorp, Marcelyn,; Purkarthofer, Judith,; Raschidy, Mastura,; Sedlaczek, Andrea,; Singer, Ruth,; Sonnleitner, Julia,; Spitzmüller, Jürgen,; Zeiter, Anne-Christel,
• HerausgeberIn: Flubacher, Mi-Cha,; Purkarthofer, Judith,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Researching Multilingually ; 7
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (328 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Figures and Tables --; Contributors --; Acknowledgements --; Part 1: Introducing Speaking Subjects --; 1 Speaking Subjects in Multilingualism Research: Biographical and Speaker-centred Approaches --; 2 And the Subject Speaks to You: Biographical Narratives as Memories and Stories of the Narratable Self --; 3 Discourse and the Agency of the Subject in Autobiographical Narratives --; 4 Ethnography as a Speaker-centred Approach? Methodological Reflections --; 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 --; 6 Experiencing Multimodal Languaging: The Use of Language Portraits with Deaf and Hearing Multilingual Signers --; 7 Linguistic Biographies and Language Portraits as Tools for Developing Shared Understandings of Multilingualism with an Indigenous Australian Community --; 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 --; 9 Belonging: The Interplay of Linguistic Repertoires, Bodies and Space in an Educational Context --; 10 Learning about Multilingual Language Learning Experiences through Language Trajectory Grids --; 11 Using Media Diaries to Study Multilingual Media Repertoires: A Pilot Study with Language Learners in a Rural Community Education Setting --; 12 A Past of Flesh and Blood: Chronotopic Agency and Embodiment in Biographic Narrative --; 13 Freedom is Suffering for a Caged Bird: Biographical Approaches and Psychotraumatology --; 14 Speaking about the Unspeakable: Interpreter-mediated Psychotherapy for Survivors of War and Torture --; Part 3: Unsettling and Extending Biographical Research and Speaker-centred Approaches --; 15 Ilwiimi Zisulungekile: Reflections on Language, Meaning and Communication --; 16 Ideologies of Communication: The Social Link between Actors, Signs and Practices --; 17 Language Issues? On Collecting Language Biographies without Focusing on Language --; 18 A Few Remarks on Working with Auto-Socio-Bio-Ethnography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781800415737; 9783110767001; 9783110993899; 9783110994810; 9783110993707; 9783110993684; 9783110767124
• DOI: 10.21832/9781800415737
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Mi-Cha Flubacher, Judith Purkarthofer.

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.