Translinguistics represents a powerful alternative to conventional paradigms of language such as bilingualism and code-switching, which assume the compartmentalization of different 'languages' into fixed and arbitrary boundaries. Translinguistics more accurately reflects the fluid use of linguistic and semiotic resources in diverse communities.

This ground-breaking volume showcases work from leading as well as emerging scholars in sociolinguistics and other language-oriented disciplines and collectively explores and aims to reconcile the distinction between 'innovation' and 'ordinariness' in translinguistics. Features of this book include:

• 18 chapters from 28 scholars, representing a range of academic disciplines and institutions from 11 countries around the world;
• research on understudied communities and geographic contexts, including those of Latin America, South Asia, and Central Asia;
• several chapters devoted to the diversity of communication in digital contexts.

Edited by two of the most innovative scholars in the field, Translinguistics: Negotiating Innovation and Ordinariness is essential reading for scholars and students interested in the question of multilingualism across a variety of subject areas.

About the Author

Jerry Won Lee is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Irvine, USA.

Sender Dovchin is a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Education at Curtin University, Australia.

Reviews

"Within this volume, Lee & Dovchin have been able to cover the gaps left by the 'intellectual fetishism' that surrounds the present understanding of translingual communicative practices and multilingualism. Rather than a simple turn, we can now firmly talk about a translingual highway in front of us for the study of language and society."

Massimiliano Spotti, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

Book Information
ISBN 9781138326330
Author Jerry Lee
Format Paperback
Page Count 262
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 430g