Beyond Language Boundaries: Multimodal Use in Multilingual Contexts

by Marta Fernández-Villanueva (Editor), Konstanze Jungbluth (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783110456400
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	08/22/2016
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.06(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Marta Fernández-Villanueva, Universitat Barcelona, Spain; Konstanze Jungbluth, Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder, Germany.

Marta Fernández-Villanueva, Universitat Barcelona, Spain; Konstanze Jungbluth, Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder, Germany.

Table of Contents

Introduction v

First part: Multimodal Language Use

Notes for a Multilingual and Multimodal Functional Discourse Grammar Núria Alturo Ignasi Clemente Lluís Payrató 3

Actions as Sources of Gestures Sedinha Tessendorf 34

Argument Structure Shift for German Dynamic Verbs gehen and kommen in Situated and Embodied Communication Eduard Tapia Yepes 55

Proxemics of Greetings and Farewells in Spanish and German Sarah Schmidt 73

Gestures and Lexical Access Problems in German as Second Language Elena Isaeva Marta Fernandez-Villanueva 93

Analysing German Teachers' Identities through Multimodal and Multilingual Use Gemma Repiso i Puigdelliura Marta Fernández-Villanueva 114

Second part: Language Use in Multilingual Contexts

Co-Constructions in Multilingual Settings Konstanze Jungbluth 137

Deictic Strategies as Expression of Identity Federica Da Milano 153

Use of Connectives and Argumentation in Catalan Parliamentary Debate Martí Mestre Maria Josep Cuenca 162

Language Attitudes and Identity Construction A Case Study Among Two L1 Attritors Maggie Anne Peters 179

Crossing and Blurring the Language Borders The Example of German-Polish Language Contact Dagna Zinkhahn Rhobodes 200

"Yes we can! - Si se puede!" Speaking the Language of the Masses. Codeswitching for Creating Togetherness with a Foreign Audience in Political Speeches Janett Haid 221

Global English and Multilingual Luxembourg A Case Study of Native English Speakers Carly Collins 235

Index 251

Editorial Reviews

"This book is a very good resource for how the traditional language limitations can be overcome in multilingual communities. The book integrates theoretical and empirical evidence from the different languages such as Catalan, Spanish, English, Croatian, German, Italian, Brazilian, Portuguese, and Polish as the first language, second language or foreign language. The findings obtained from the studies in the book necessitate considering a conception of grammar description with implications also relevant for the conceptualization of deixis, for second or foreign language learning and language teaching policies. An eye-catching advantage of this book is its division of theoretical and empirical evidence into different parts.[...] On the whole, for those interested in multimodal communication specifically in the multilingual European context, the book is a helpful resource providing a variety of language use forms in different contexts."
Sahar Ahmadpour in: LINGUIST List 29.596 https://linguistlist.org/issues/29/29-596.html

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