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Language and Superdiversity

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Jan Blommaert, Ben Rampton·2015·Language and Superdiversity

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This chapter focuses on the linguistic ethnographic research conducted with students and teachers associated with a Panjabi complementary school in Birmingham, UK. The study reported is the United Kingdom section of an international linguistic ethnographic research project, &s;Investigating Discourses of Inheritance and Identity in Four Multilingual European Settings&s;. A speaker&s;s linguistic repertoire may be the basis on which he/she is described as, for example, a &s;social climber&s;, &s;politically aware&s;, or &s;conservative&s;. It also considers how metapragmatic stereotypes are deployed in the identification and imagining of multilingual speakers in a city in the United Kingdom. A focus on the reflexive activity of metapragmatic stereotypes has much to offer in understanding the organisation and reproduction of social life. The changing set of conditions and social configurations that constitutes the diversification of diversity in contemporary life is not limited to changes in the ethnic or linguistic make-up of Western populations.

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    Traditional classificatory frameworks no longer work in conditions of super-diversity.

    “If traditional classificatory frameworks no longer work and ethnic categorisation is especially problematic in conditions of super-diversity, then this combination seems very apt.”
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    Ethnic categorisation is especially problematic in conditions of super-diversity.

    “If traditional classificatory frameworks no longer work and ethnic categorisation is especially problematic in conditions of super-diversity, then this combination seems very apt.”
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    The models of language and communication critiqued in Section 2 are still very influential.

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    Non-experimental, non-quantitative methods of the kind emphasised in the paper are often criticised as 'unscientific' and then excluded from the reckoning in evidence-based policy-making.

    “non-experimental, non-quantitative methods of the kind that we have emphasised are often criticised as 'unscientific' and then excluded from the reckoning in evidence-based policy-making.”
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    There is a very large and long tradition of interventionist work in applied linguistics focusing on a very full range of issues in institutional language policy and practice.

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    Applied linguistics has been less susceptible to 'outlandish presuppositions' than formal, non-applied linguistics.

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    The socio-political context is often characterized by deep and vigorous disagreements about policy and practice for language and literacy in education, politics, commerce etc.

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    The programme of perspectives, methods and topics sketched in this paper is called to justify itself in terms of relevance and impact beyond the academy, as is increasingly common for university research.

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Authors
Blommaert, J., & Rampton, B.
Affiliations
Tilburg University (NL)
Venue
Language and Superdiversity
Publisher
Routledge
Published
2015-12-22
Pages
31-58
OpenAlex
W2520870635
Cited by
885
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1
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FWCI
351.59
Type
book chapter
Language
en
Open access
Locations
Routledge eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies
  • Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Multilingual Education and Policy
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
Keywords
superdiversity, multilingualism, linguistic repertoire, identity, inheritance, social categorization, Birmingham, linguistic ethnography

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