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.)

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.

Table of Contents

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