Beyond language boundaries : multimodal use in multilingual contexts /

Beyond language boundaries : multimodal use in multilingual contexts / edited by Marta Fernández-Villanueva and Konstanze Jungbluth. - 1 online resource (x, 254 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

In multilingual societies speakers overcome traditional language boundaries. Research on their multilingual and multimodal language use intertwines pragmatics including multimodality with cross-linguistic and transcultural perspectives. This volume links theoretical considerations with empirical evidence from data of spoken language use in Catalan, Croatian, English, German, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Polish and Spanish as L1, L2 or FL.


In English.

9783110458817 (electronic bk.) 3110458810 (electronic bk.) 9783110456547 (electronic bk.) 3110456540 (electronic bk.) (hardcover ; alk. paper) (hardcover ; alk. paper)

10.1515/9783110458817 doi

2016026488

111230133X DE-101 1116474107 DE-101


Multilingualism.
Languages in contact.
Group identity.
Linguistics.
Multilinguisme.
Langues en contact.
Identité collective.
Linguistique.
group identity.
linguistics.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY--Miscellaneous.
Group identity.
Languages in contact.
Linguistics.
Multilingualism.


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