Sojourner experiences and spatial repertoires

IF 0.9 Q2 LINGUISTICS
Jade Sandbulte, Suresh Canagarajah
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Abstract

Research on translingual repertoires has highlighted the diverse semiotic resources that individuals access in communication, but little research has considered how spatial factors permit or limit access to these resources. Furthermore, as translingual studies have predominantly focused on interactional analysis, there is a paucity of studies on how social networks shape the repertoires of users. To fill this gap, we examine the communicative practices of an international spouse temporarily living in the United States. Through interview data and mobility maps, we analyze the participant’s subject positioning and its relation to his use of spatial resources in different spaces. Despite the participant’s low English proficiency, he engaged in conversations in many spaces through strategic employment of semiotic resources, including multiple languages and material objects. He also adopted certain positionings that afforded him more opportunities to interact. Thus, we argue that the usefulness of semiotic resources is tied to the spaces in which they are employed and that access to these resources is shaped by subject positioning.
旅居体验与空间演奏
对译语库的研究强调了个体在交流中获取的各种符号资源,但很少有研究考虑空间因素如何允许或限制这些资源的获取。此外,由于翻译语言研究主要集中在互动分析上,因此缺乏关于社交网络如何塑造用户曲目的研究。为了填补这一空白,我们研究了暂时居住在美国的国际配偶的交际实践。通过访谈数据和移动地图,我们分析了参与者的主体定位及其在不同空间中对空间资源的使用关系。尽管参与者的英语水平较低,但他通过战略性地使用符号学资源,包括多种语言和物质对象,在许多空间中进行对话。他还采取了一些特定的位置,为他提供了更多的互动机会。因此,我们认为,符号学资源的有用性与使用它们的空间有关,而对这些资源的访问是由主体定位决定的。
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2.70
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8.30%
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24
期刊介绍: The Australian Review of Applied Linguistics (ARAL) is the preeminent journal of the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA). ARAL is a peer reviewed journal that promotes scholarly discussion and contemporary understandings of language-related matters with a view to impacting on real-world problems and debates. The journal publishes empirical and theoretical research on language/s in educational, professional, institutional and community settings. ARAL welcomes national and international submissions presenting research related to any of the major sub-disciplines of Applied Linguistics as well as transdisciplinary studies. Areas of particular interest include but are not limited to: · Analysis of discourse and interaction · Assessment and evaluation · Bi/multilingualism and bi/multilingual education · Corpus linguistics · Cognitive linguistics · Language, culture and identity · Language maintenance and revitalization · Language planning and policy · Language teaching and learning, including specific languages and TESOL · Pragmatics · Research design and methodology · Second language acquisition · Sociolinguistics · Language and technology · Translating and interpreting.
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