Translanguaging and Multimodality in Workplace Texts and Writing

Autor/inn/en	Jonsson, Carla; Blåsjö, Mona
Titel	Translanguaging and Multimodality in Workplace Texts and Writing
Quelle	In: International Journal of Multilingualism, 17 (2020) 3, S. 361-381 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1479-0718
DOI	10.1080/14790718.2020.1766051
Schlagwörter	Forschungsbericht; Code Switching (Language); Swedish; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Language Usage; Business Communication; Work Environment; Writing (Composition); Ethnography; Workplace Literacy; Multilingualism; Decision Making; Monolingualism; Foreign Countries; Semiotics; Notetaking; Electronic Mail; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schwedisch; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Sprachgebrauch; Unternehmenskommunikation; Arbeitsmilieu; Schreibübung; Ethnografie; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Ausland; Semiotik; Elektronischer Briefkasten; Schweden
Abstract	Professionals working in international companies in Sweden are expected to speak, read, and write in Swedish and English in their daily work. This article discusses professional writing in different languages. Through the use of methods from linguistic ethnography, we aim to enrich the understanding of workplace literacy by studying writing and texts in multilingual business contexts. Our results show that professionals are expected to navigate between a translanguaging mode and a more monolingual mode in everyday communication. Also, when they opt for producing monolingual texts, literacy practices that surround those texts are often multilingual. Moreover, they imagine a future, secondary audience for their texts, often resulting in the choice of English for reaching out, or in the choice of Swedish as a way of keeping matters local. Knowing when to choose a translanguaging mode or a more monolingual mode is a necessary skill or competence in this type of workplace. Our results also show that the use of multimodal resources includes the material placement of texts, and that old materialities such as pen and paper are still essential. Different linguistic and semiotic resources are used, including resources from academic, business and personal discourse. (As Provided).
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Begutachtung	Peer reviewed
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01