Toward a Bourdieusian Theory of Multilingualism

Autor/in	Moraru, Mirona
Titel	Toward a Bourdieusian Theory of Multilingualism
Quelle	In: Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 17 (2020) 2, S.79-100 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1542-7587
DOI	10.1080/15427587.2019.1574578
Schlagwörter	Multilingualism; Sociolinguistics; Arabs; Immigrants; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Semitic Languages; Language Usage; Cultural Capital; Models; Power Structure; Foreign Countries; Language Attitudes; Parent Child Relationship; Mothers; Family Environment; Educational Environment; Language Maintenance; Welsh; United Kingdom (Wales) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Soziolinguistik; Arab; Araber; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Arabisch; Hebräisch; Sprachgebrauch; Analogiemodell; Ausland; Sprachverhalten; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Mother; Mutter; Familienmilieu; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Sprachpflege; Walisisch
Abstract	Attempts at the definition of multilingualism range from the structuralist interpretation as the coexistence of multiple codes to the critical sociolinguistic efforts to go beyond the idea of languages as fixed entities. The author's purpose is to explore the suitability of Pierre Bourdieu's model of linguistic production and circulation to account for the phenomenon of multilingualism. Central to this endeavor are the linguistic biographies of five second-generation British-Arab multilingual immigrants based in Cardiff, Wales. Starting from the idea that in Cardiff primarily linguistic practices with English are dominant, the question that arises refers to the immanent sociohistorical conditions and power relations that allow these agents to produce linguistic practices with Arabic, apart from English. The analysis of the interviews through the Bourdieusian conceptual lenses allows a focus on the linguistic habitus of the multilingual interviewees, which is defined as an integral set of linguistic dispositions adapted not only to the multiple linguistic markets they are part of, but also to the unbalanced power relations among such markets. These results demonstrate that an adapted version of the Bourdieusian model allows for a complex redefinition of multilingualism from the perspective of the immanent power relations under which this phenomenon emerges. (As Provided).
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