Beyond language boundaries : multimodal use in multilingual contexts / edited by Marta Fernández-Villanueva and Konstanze Jungbluth.

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9783110458817
3110458810
9783110456547
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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Beyond language boundaries.DDC classification:

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.