· 2015· Book chapter
Metrolingualism
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- 2015year
Short summary
Introduces 'metrolingualism,' a concept describing the dynamic interplay between language and urban environments, where linguistic diversity is ordinary and people draw on varied resources in daily life.
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Key points
- Introduces the concept of 'metrolingualism' to describe the relationship between language and the city.
- Argues that cities and languages are in perpetual, dynamic exchange due to globalization and mobility.
- Demonstrates how linguistic diversity is an ordinary aspect of daily urban life.
- Explores language use in various urban settings, including cafés, streets, and workplaces, in Sydney and Tokyo.
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Abstract
This book is about language and the city. Pennycook and Otsuji introduce the notion of ‘metrolingualism’, showing how language and the city are deeply involved in a perpetual exchange between people, history, migration, architecture, urban landscapes and linguistic resources. Cities and languages are in constant change, as new speakers with new repertoires come into contact as a result of globalization and the increased mobility of people and languages. Metrolingualism sheds light on the ordinariness of linguistic diversity as people go about their daily lives, getting things done, eating and drinking, buying and selling, talking and joking, drawing on whatever linguistic resources are available. Engaging with current debates about multilingualism, and developing a new way of thinking about language, the authors explore language within a number of contemporary urban situations, including cafés, restaurants, shops, streets, construction sites and other places of work, in two diverse cities, Sydney and Tokyo. This is an invaluable look at how people of different backgrounds get by linguistically. Metrolingualism: Language in the city will be of special interest to advanced undergraduate/postgraduate students and researchers of sociolinguistics and applied linguistics.
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Field: Linguistics and Language
Linguistics and LanguageSocial Sciences