Comments on: Multilingualism 2.0 http://www.languageonthemove.com/language-globalization/multilingualism-2-0?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=multilingualism-2-0 Language learning, multilingualism, intercultural communication Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:09:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: golnaz http://www.languageonthemove.com/language-globalization/multilingualism-2-0/comment-page-1#comment-1762 golnaz Sat, 07 Aug 2010 19:44:10 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/?p=2336#comment-1762 I couldnt believe that google translator can be that useful till i faced with an Italian guy who was speaking Persian wonderfully ! I was wondering that she was even speaking better than me as a native persian speaker but she told me : She is simply using Google translation tool ! Kinda fun ! Thanks I couldnt believe that google translator can be that useful till i faced with an Italian guy who was speaking Persian wonderfully ! I was wondering that she was even speaking better than me as a native persian speaker but she told me : She is simply using Google translation tool ! Kinda fun !

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]]> By: Khan http://www.languageonthemove.com/language-globalization/multilingualism-2-0/comment-page-1#comment-1742 Khan Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:25:06 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/?p=2336#comment-1742 Your critique of the data which claims to represent the multilingual practices of the social networking reminds me of line from Joseph Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness: " Facts!. They demanded facts from him, as if facts could explain anything". I agree with your analysis that the underlying assumption seems to be a world of discreet languages where people speak one lanuage at a time and the presuppostions about multilinguals as ' combination of two or more monolinguals' . The basis of the data i.e language users' language settings make the whole fact-finding excercise stand on a very week ground. Khan Your critique of the data which claims to represent the multilingual practices of the social networking reminds me of line from Joseph Conrad’s novel Heart of Darkness:

” Facts!. They demanded facts from him, as if facts could explain anything”.

I agree with your analysis that the underlying assumption seems to be a world of discreet languages where people speak one lanuage at a time and the presuppostions about multilinguals as ‘ combination of two or more monolinguals’ . The basis of the data i.e language users’ language settings make the whole fact-finding excercise stand on a very week ground.

Khan

]]> By: Mike http://www.languageonthemove.com/language-globalization/multilingualism-2-0/comment-page-1#comment-1714 Mike Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:46:21 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/?p=2336#comment-1714 Great stuff! Love the Social Translate tool Great stuff! Love the Social Translate tool

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