Beyond Language Boundaries ：Multimodal Use in Multilingual Contexts

Publication subTitle ：Multimodal Use in Multilingual Contexts

Author： Fernández-Villanueva Marta;Jungbluth Konstanze  

Publisher： De Gruyter‎

Publication year： 2016

E-ISBN: 9783110458817

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9783110456400

Subject： H0 Linguistics

Keyword： 语义学、语用学、词汇学、词义学,语言学,印欧语系

Language： ENG

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Description

The way speakers in multilingual contexts develop own varieties in their interactions sheds light on code switching and multimodal dynamic co-constructions of grammar in use. This volume explores the intersection of multimodality and language use of multilingual speakers.

Firstly, theoretical frames are discussed and empirical studies involving Catalan, German and Spanish as L1, L2 or FL are presented interconnecting verbal and gestural modalities into grammar description or exploring actions as sources for gestures, which may nonverbally represent the argument in German dynamic motion verbs. Other chapters focus on positionings in interviews, lexical access searches or proxemics in greetings and farewells.

The contributions secondly focus on verbal features of language use in multilingual contexts related to self-representation and co-construction of identity through code-switching, deixis or argumentative reasoning in different communicative events based on multilingual data of languages including Croatian, English, Italian, Brazilian-Portuguese and Polish.

The findings call for a reviewed conception of grammar description with implications also for the conceptualization of deixis, for L2/foreign language acquisition and language teaching policies.

Chapter

Table of Contents

Introduction

First part: Multimodal Language Use

Notes for a Multilingual and Multimodal Functional Discourse Grammar

Actions as Sources of Gestures

Argument Structure Shift for German Dynamic Verbs gehen and kommen in Situated and Embodied Communication

Proxemics of Greetings and Farewells in Spanish and German

Gestures and Lexical Access Problems in German as Second Language

Analysing German Teachers’ Identities through Multimodal and Multilingual Use

Second part: Language Use in Multilingual Contexts

Co-Constructions in Multilingual Settings

Deictic Strategies as Expression of Identity

Use of Connectives and Argumentation in Catalan Parliamentary Debate

Language Attitudes and Identity Construction. A Case Study Among Two L1 Attritors

Crossing and Blurring the Language Borders. The Example of German-Polish Language Contact

“Yes we can! – Sí se puede!”. Speaking the Language of the Masses. Codeswitching for Creating Togetherness with a Foreign Audience in Political Speeches

Global English and Multilingual Luxembourg. A Case Study of Native English Speakers

Index

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