Translinguistic apposition in a multilingual media blog in Rwanda: Towards an interpretive perspective in language policy research
| Autor: | Joseph Gafaranga |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Micro level
Linguistics and Language Translanguaging Sociology and Political Science media_common.quotation_subject micro language policy translanguaging Perspective (graphical) micro implementation of macro policy Variety (linguistics) interpretive perspective Language and Linguistics Linguistics language policy Interdependence Language choice translinguistic apposition Sociology Macro Language policy media_common |
| Zdroj: | Gafaranga, J 2015, ' Translinguistic apposition in a multilingual media blog in Rwanda : Towards an interpretive perspective in language policy research ', Language in Society, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 87-112 . https://doi.org/10.1017/S004740451400075X |
| ISSN: | 1469-8013 0047-4045 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s004740451400075x |
| Popis: | Researchers have called for studies that link the macro and the micro in language policy research. In turn, the notion of ‘micro’ has been theorised as referring either to the micro implementation of macro policies or to micro policies. In this article, a third way of thinking about the relationship between the macro and the micro in language policy—referred to as the interpretive perspective—is proposed. In this perspective, macro language policies and micro language choice practices are seen as interdependent, as shaping each other. The article substantiates this view drawing on a practice I call translinguistic apposition and that I have observed in a variety of ‘most highly regulated’ texts in Rwanda. However, for an in- depth understanding, the practice is described drawing on data from a single source, namely the Rwandan multilingual media blog www.igihe.com. The article demonstrates how this practice can be seen as shaped by the Rwandan macro language policy and, conversely, how the same macro policy can be seen as written into being through the same micro level practice. (Language policy, micro language policy, micro implementation of macro policy, translanguaging, translinguistic apposition, interpretive perspective) |
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