{"product_id":"speaking-subjects-in-multilingualism-research-biographical-and-speaker-centred-approaches-9781800415713","title":"Speaking Subjects in Multilingualism Research:","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book discusses salient moments of multilingual encounters and brings together contributions focused on the interplay between language use by individuals and societies, and language-related inequalities or opportunities for speakers. The chapters demonstrate how biographical and speaker-centred approaches can contribute to an understanding of linguistic diversity, how researchers can empirically account for lived experiences of languages, and how such accounts are embedded in a larger discussion on social (in)equality. Together the chapters make a powerful case for the importance of speaker-centred methodologies in multilingual and multilingualism research. The book is a rich source of theoretical and methodological reflections and will thus be a valuable resource for both experienced researchers and students beginning to explore biographical research methods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis brilliant contribution to language research reframes our understanding of linguistic repertoires, diversity and (in)equality in multilingual societies. Through creative and thought-provoking ideas, it inspires researchers to think differently regarding the creation of knowledge about speakers and their languages. A must-read for anybody interested in speaker-centred approaches to language. * Isabelle LeBlanc, Université de Moncton, Canada *\u003cbr\u003eThis volume is both a sophisticated theoretical orientation to language biographical research and a practical methodological guide, encompassing the history and on-going development of this vibrant cross-disciplinary area. Researchers seeking to engage with inequalities, shifting categories, and the socio-political and emotional lives of speakers will find inspiration and guidance. * Haley De Korne, University of Oslo, Norway *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a qualitative methodologist who studies multilingualism, I found the volume’s methodological variety enlightening, the theoretical and conceptual lenses enriching, and the examination of minority, Indigenous, deaf, post-apartheid, and post-colonial language users’ lived experiences refreshing.\u003c\/p\u003e * Melissa B Hauber-Özer, University of Missouri at Columbia, USA, LINGUIST List 34.635 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFigures and Tables\u003cbr\u003e Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: Introducing Speaking Subjects\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 1. Mi-Cha Flubacher and Judith Purkarthofer: Speaking Subjects in Multilingualism Research: Biographical and Speaker-centred Approaches\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 2. Judith Purkarthofer: And the Subject Speaks to You: Biographical Narratives as Memories and Stories of the Narratable Self\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 3. Tim McNamara: Discourse and the Agency of the Subject in Autobiographical Narratives\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 4. Mi-Cha Flubacher: Ethnography as a Speaker-centred Approach? Methodological Reflections\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: Empirical Insights\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLanguage Portraits as a Starting Ground\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Christine Anthonissen: Profiles of Multilingualism: An Analysis of Language Biographies and Linguistic Repertoires of University Students\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 6. Maartje De Meulder and Annelies Kusters: Experiencing Multimodal Languaging: The Use of Language Portraits with Deaf and Hearing Multilingual Signers\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 7. Ruth Singer: Linguistic Biographies and Language Portraits as Tools for Developing Shared Understandings of Multilingualism with an Indigenous Australian Community\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLinguistic Repertoires and Language Learning in Time and Space\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eChapter 8. Xolisa Guzula: Children’s Use of Their Full Linguistic Repertoire to Establish a Social and Linguistic Third Space for Learning: A Case Study of the \u003cem\u003eStars of Today Literacy Club\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 9. Simangele Mashazi and Marcelyn Oostendorp: Belonging: The Interplay of Linguistic Repertoires, Bodies and Space in an Educational Context \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 10. Julie Choi: Learning about Multilingual Language Learning Experiences through Language Trajectory Grids\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 11. Andrea Sedlaczek: Using Media Diaries to Study Multilingual Media Repertoires: A Pilot Study with Language Learners in a Rural Community Education Setting\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAddressing Trauma\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eChapter 12. Julia Sonnleitner: A Past of Flesh and Blood: Chronotopic Agency and Embodiment in Biographic Narrative\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 13. Mastura Raschidy: Freedom is Suffering for a Caged Bird: Biographical Approaches and Psychotraumatology\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 14. Mascha Dabić: Speaking about the Unspeakable: Interpreter-mediated Psychotherapy for Survivors of War and Torture\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: Unsettling and Extending Biographical Research and Speaker-centred Approaches\u003c\/strong\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 15. Ana Deumert, Zolani Kupe and Nkululeko Mabandla: Ilwiimi Zisulungekile: Reflections on Language, Meaning and Communication\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 16. Jürgen Spitzmüller: Ideologies of Communication: The Social Link between Actors, Signs and Practices\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 17. Anne-Christel Zeiter-Grau: Language Issues? On Collecting Language Biographies without Focusing on Language\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 18. Brigitta Busch: A Few Remarks on Working with Auto-Socio-Bio-Ethnography\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIndex \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Multilingual Matters","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042718810455,"sku":"9781800415713","price":37.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781800415713.jpg?v=1750955327","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/speaking-subjects-in-multilingualism-research-biographical-and-speaker-centred-approaches-9781800415713","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}