International Journal of Multilingualism· 2017Q1
Translanguaging and semiotic assemblages
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Short summary
Translanguaging can be expanded to include diverse semiotic modes beyond just language, viewing them as 'assemblages' where people, resources, and objects intersect.
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Key points
- Translanguaging can be broadened to include non-linguistic semiotic modes.
- The concept of 'assemblages' describes the meeting of people, resources, and objects in specific contexts.
- Analysis should focus on the relationships between various forms of semiosis, not just individual elements.
- Place, body, and objects are as significant as linguistic resources in understanding communication.
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Abstract
This paper asks what translanguaging could start to look like if it incorporated an expanded version of language and questioned not only to the borders between languages but also the borders between semiotic modes. Developing the idea of spatial repertoires and assemblages, and looking at data from a Bangladeshi-owned corner shop, this paper suggests on the one hand that it is important to include a wide range of semiotic possibilities in any analysis. On the other hand, however, we cannot merely add more semiotic items to our translinguistic inventories, but need instead to seek out a way of grasping the relationships among a range of forms of semiosis. The notion of assemblages allows for an understanding of how different trajectories of people, semiotic resources and objects meet at particular moments and places, and thus helps us to see the importance of things, the consequences of the body, and the significance of place alongside the meanings of linguistic resources.
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