Comments on: Sociolinguistics 2.0 http://www.languageonthemove.com/blog/2009/10/12/sociolinguistics-2-0/ Language learning, multilingualism, intercultural communication Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:15:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: “A Language with a Name is an Idea, Not a Fact” « Panther Red http://www.languageonthemove.com/blog/2009/10/12/sociolinguistics-2-0/comment-page-1/#comment-506 “A Language with a Name is an Idea, Not a Fact” « Panther Red Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:10:49 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/blog/?p=32#comment-506 [...] blog at  ”Language on the Move” has been preying on my mind for several weeks.  In a post called “Sociolinguistics 2.0,” Piller wrote: Michael Billig (1995) coined the term “banal nationalism” to describe [...] [...] blog at  ”Language on the Move” has been preying on my mind for several weeks.  In a post called “Sociolinguistics 2.0,” Piller wrote: Michael Billig (1995) coined the term “banal nationalism” to describe [...]

]]> By: Jasmin Tabatabai: German, Persian and English in Tehran and Berlin – Language on the Move – Blog http://www.languageonthemove.com/blog/2009/10/12/sociolinguistics-2-0/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Jasmin Tabatabai: German, Persian and English in Tehran and Berlin – Language on the Move – Blog Sun, 18 Oct 2009 06:39:43 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/blog/?p=32#comment-8 [...] Although it might seem like a contradiction, Jasmin goes on to say that she is not raising her own daughter bilingually but in German only. The child is “of course” exposed to Persian and English (presumably it’s impossible to grow up in Berlin or anywhere else in the world today without being exposed to English …). So, the child is actually growing up multilingually with German as the main language. While growing up with German and Persian was special in Jasmin’s generation (she’s 42), being in a multilingual environment is so normal for her daughter (who is 6) that it doesn’t even count as growing up bilingual anymore! (which brings me back to one of my arguments why sociolinguistics needs a paradigm shift) [...] [...] Although it might seem like a contradiction, Jasmin goes on to say that she is not raising her own daughter bilingually but in German only. The child is “of course” exposed to Persian and English (presumably it’s impossible to grow up in Berlin or anywhere else in the world today without being exposed to English …). So, the child is actually growing up multilingually with German as the main language. While growing up with German and Persian was special in Jasmin’s generation (she’s 42), being in a multilingual environment is so normal for her daughter (who is 6) that it doesn’t even count as growing up bilingual anymore! (which brings me back to one of my arguments why sociolinguistics needs a paradigm shift) [...]

]]> By: Sociolinguistics is on the move « Tom Van Hout http://www.languageonthemove.com/blog/2009/10/12/sociolinguistics-2-0/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Sociolinguistics is on the move « Tom Van Hout Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:21:18 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/blog/?p=32#comment-6 [...] is on the move 14 10 2009 Interesting blog post by Ingrid Piller over at languageonthemove.com. Taking a page from William Merrin’s position paper, Piller lists five arguments why [...] [...] is on the move 14 10 2009 Interesting blog post by Ingrid Piller over at languageonthemove.com. Taking a page from William Merrin’s position paper, Piller lists five arguments why [...]

]]> By: Ingrid http://www.languageonthemove.com/blog/2009/10/12/sociolinguistics-2-0/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Ingrid Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:36:51 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/blog/?p=32#comment-5 couldn't agree more - that's why I find "on the move" so appealing ... Monica Heller also writes about sociolinguistics of movement/analyzing an object in motion ... the metaphor of Sociolinguistics 2.0 is particularly fitting: let's get beyond static! couldn’t agree more – that’s why I find “on the move” so appealing … Monica Heller also writes about sociolinguistics of movement/analyzing an object in motion … the metaphor of Sociolinguistics 2.0 is particularly fitting: let’s get beyond static!

]]> By: Tom Van Hout http://www.languageonthemove.com/blog/2009/10/12/sociolinguistics-2-0/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Tom Van Hout Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:25:51 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/blog/?p=32#comment-4 Great insights and arguments, Ingrid. I'd like to add another one: # 6. Process, process, process (and context). For too long, we've studied language forms (T/V, anyone?). Studying language-in-society should be about processes of contextualization. If we take a page from linguistic anthropology, I believe we have some exciting theoretical concepts for doing just that, to name but three: Silverstein's indexical order, Bauman & Briggs' entextualization, Bucholtz & Hall's tactics of intersubjectivity. Great insights and arguments, Ingrid. I’d like to add another one:

# 6. Process, process, process (and context).
For too long, we’ve studied language forms (T/V, anyone?). Studying language-in-society should be about processes of contextualization. If we take a page from linguistic anthropology, I believe we have some exciting theoretical concepts for doing just that, to name but three: Silverstein’s indexical order, Bauman & Briggs’ entextualization, Bucholtz & Hall’s tactics of intersubjectivity.

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