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The Sociolinguistic Consumption of K-pop
Get PDFThe notion of sociolinguistic consumption distinguishes between the direct consumption of languages as denotational codes and the indirect consumption of linguistic repertoires that result from engaging in various activities. Since consumption as identity construction means gaining membership into a community of like-minded others, this raises the question of what the presence of these others might mean for the indirect consumption of linguistic repertoires as well as whether initial interest in one activity might lead to interest in yet other activities in a kind of chain consumption, thus further expanding the linguistic repertoire. This paper shows that K-pop presents us with just such scenarios. It makes the following three points. One, experienced consumers of K-pop provide translations and glossaries of key terms for newer K-pop fans, serving as language brokers. Two, interest in K-pop can lead to interest in other aspects of Korean culture, indicating the need to recognize that consumption can foster an anthropological stance. Finally, the indirect consumption of linguistic repertoires can, in turn, lead to the direct consumption of denotational codes, with implications for the roles of identity and investment in language learning
After thought: Why not a prism?
Get PDFThis paper is a reflective retrospective that suggests a new image of multilingualism. Instead of a "cat\u27s cradle", the author proposes viewing multilingualism as a prism through which to view languages as different but non hirarchical and equal in value
Book review: Mitra, S. 2018. Disability, Health and Human Development. Palgrave MacMillan: New York.
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Mitra, S. 2018. Disability, Health and Human Development. Palgrave MacMillan: New York
Kerfoot, C and Hyltenstam, K. (Eds.). 2017. Entangled Discourses: South-North Orders of Visibility. New York and London: Routledge
Get PDFKerfoot and Hyltenstam’s edited volume grew out of a symposium in honour of Christopher Stroud on his 60th birthday. The symposium, and later the volume, focused on Stroud’s work on the formation of mobilities as they arise through, the entanglements of identities, histories, languages, and literacies in variously complex societal contexts. Most chapters in the book extended the presentations from the conference. Others focus on notions of entangled discourses, orders of visibility, and the South-North dimensions of power and knowledge. The work hopes to add to the development of a sociolinguistics of the South and the sociolinguistics of multilingualism. The volume further aims to comprehend the North in the South, and the South in the North by exploring the evolving discourses from excluded, silenced, and marginalized populations such as refugees, immigrants, and ethnic minorities. The interaction of North-South perspectives across contexts opens up opportunities for new dominant theories. The books contribution lies in the understanding of North-South realities, as well as the challenges arising from the configurations of identity, race, class, ethnicity, and gender. The book also focusses on linguistic diversity as managed in northern and southern education, health care and other settings