From language to languaging: changing relations between humans and linguistic features
2009; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 41; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/03740460903364185
ISSN1949-0763
AutoresJanus Spindler Møller, J. Normann Jørgensen,
Tópico(s)Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
ResumoIn this article we examine how polylingual interactional practices change over time. We suggest that studies of currently ongoing language change in real time include a code choice perspective. Our point of departure is data from the so-called Køge project (see Jørgensen 2003a for an introduction). We have followed a group of Turkish-Danish speakers from Køge, Denmark and a group of Turco-Turkish speakers from Eskişehir, Turkey over time. We will compare these two groups' development of interactional behavior regarding code choice patterns. We will show how the groups change their interactional behavior over time. Using quantitative as well as qualitative analytical approaches we show how the development of code choice patterns in the Køge group involves more use of Turkish, involves more different codes, and involves closer integration of those codes. In the light of these results we argue that this phenomenon may be described as a polylingual (rather than multilingual) interactional behavior.
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