Hostility towards Immigrants' Languages in Britain: A Backlash against 'Super-Diversity'?

Autor/in	Musolff, Andreas
Titel	Hostility towards Immigrants' Languages in Britain: A Backlash against 'Super-Diversity'?
Quelle	In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 40 (2019) 3, S.257-266 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0143-4632
DOI	10.1080/01434632.2018.1520859
Schlagwörter	Immigrants; Foreign Countries; Sociolinguistics; Self Concept; Immigration; Cultural Pluralism; Language Attitudes; Social Attitudes; Programming (Broadcast); Communication Problems; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Monolingualism; Second Languages; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Ausland; Soziolinguistik; Selbstkonzept; Kulturpluralismus; Sprachverhalten; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Programmgestaltung; Kommunikationsbarriere; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Second language; Zweitsprache; Großbritannien
Abstract	Sociolinguists have adopted the concept of 'super-diversity' from cultural anthropology to analyse multidimensional changes in ethnolinguistic identities resulting from recent mass migration. Sociolinguistic super-diversity is thus understood as a central aspect of shifts in migration patterns that have increased the complexity of cultural identities beyond traditional, more static 'multicultural' diversity, both in Britain and globally. How is the presence of more complex and diverse linguistic identities viewed by the public? This paper explores attitudes towards perceived increased multilingualism and multiculturalism expressed in the BBC's "Have Your Say" Internet forum. The majority of postings blame immigrants for communication problems with the British 'home' community and allege their unwillingness to learn English; many also assume that (only) a monolingual national community guarantees social coherence and they are dismissive of any language mediation services. In view of these 'folk-sociolinguistic' assumptions and linguaphobic attitudes, the notion of super-diversity needs to be reconfigured so as to include the (unintended) adverse impact of the migration-induced increase in the diversity and complexity of imagined ethno-linguistic identities. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01