Multilingual children between real and imaginary worlds:language play as resignifying practice
| Autor: | Kirsten L. Kolstrup, Helle Pia Laursen |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Linguistics and Language
media_common.quotation_subject Andetsprogstilegnelse Subject (philosophy) Sprogleg Language and Linguistics Reading (process) Sociology Ungdomskultur media_common 060201 languages & linguistics Second language Language play Communication 05 social sciences Fictional universe 050301 education Sign (semiotics) Dansk som 2. sprog 06 humanities and the arts Linguistics Sprog Transformative learning Conceptual framework 0602 languages and literature Flersprogede elever The Symbolic Multilingual children 0503 education On Language Andetsprog |
| Zdroj: | Laursen, H P & Kolstrup, K L 2018, ' Multilingual children between real and imaginary worlds : language play as resignifying practice ', Applied Linguistics, vol. 39, no. 6, pp. 799-822 . https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amw049 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/applin/amw049 |
| Popis: | This article analyzes how a group of multilingual children in their early adolescence use various forms of language play and position themselves symbolically through involvement in signifying practices. By developing a conceptual framework that combines insights on language play (Cook 2000) and the signifying self (Kramsch 2009), it demonstrates how the children as sign makers and symbolic subjects (re)signify their own learning space. The analysis reveals how, during a reading and joint text construction activity in Danish, they explore the symbolic possibilities of signs and subjectivities, while moving in and out of the text and back and forth between imagined and real worlds. These findings illustrate how the children’s interest both shapes their playful interaction and takes shape through it. It furthermore shows how language play contributes to paving the way for a resignification of a potentially vulnerable learner position to a subject position as audible. The paper argues that a detailed focus on children’s signifying practices that includes the interactional development of interest can broaden our understanding of language play and its transformative potential. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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