Working the Hybridization: A Case of Bi- and Multilingual Speakers in Japan

Autor/in	Simon-Maeda, Andrea
Titel	Working the Hybridization: A Case of Bi- and Multilingual Speakers in Japan
Quelle	In: International Multilingual Research Journal, 3 (2009) 2, S.90-109 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1931-3152
Schlagwörter	Multilingualism; Ethnography; Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Interpersonal Communication; Bilingualism; Audio Equipment; Foreign Students; College Students; Cultural Context; Cultural Pluralism; Interdisciplinary Approach; Racial Discrimination; Holistic Approach; Code Switching (Language); Second Language Learning; Second Languages; Sociolinguistics; Video Technology; Japan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Ethnografie; Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Bilingualismus; Audio-CD; Collegestudent; Kulturpluralismus; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Racial bias; Rassismus; Holistischer Ansatz; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Second language; Zweitsprache; Soziolinguistik
Abstract	This report is part of a larger, 2-year ethnography of bi- and multilingual speakers in Japan. On the basis of audio and videotape recordings of discussions among international students in a Japanese university, this study examines participants' deployment of different conversational resources to understand and talk about marginalizing experiences. The first part of the article highlights the verbal and nonverbal conduct involved in speakers' attempts to orient themselves and their interlocutors to societal contexts that are not always receptive to outsiders from different cultural groups. Through a nexus analysis framework, the second part of the article explains how the interlocutors' local speech behavior is a form of social action embedded in larger discourses concerning foreigners. The closing sections feature a discussion of how a cross-disciplinary synthesis of micro- and macro-analyses not only provides a more complete picture of the situation under investigation but also constitutes a more holistic and socially responsive methodological approach. (Contains 1 table, 6 figures, and 8 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10