Convivial Linguistic Practices: Lived Togetherness through Language in the United Arab Emirates

Autor/in	Cook, William Robert Amilan
Titel	Convivial Linguistic Practices: Lived Togetherness through Language in the United Arab Emirates
Quelle	In: Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 41 (2022) 1, S.1-28 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Cook, William Robert Amilan)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0167-8507
DOI	10.1515/multi-2020-0088
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Language Usage; Human Geography; Personal Narratives; Multilingualism; Ethnic Groups; Race; Social Differences; Diversity; Socioeconomic Status; Translation; Metalinguistics; Pragmatics; Intergroup Relations; Language Role; Intercultural Communication; Semitic Languages; Dravidian Languages; English (Second Language); African Languages; Indo European Languages; Second Language Instruction; Social Class; United Arab Emirates + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Sprachgebrauch; Humangeografie; Erlebniserzählung; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Ethnie; Rasse; Abstammung; Sozialer Unterschied; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Metalanguage; Metasprache; Pragmalinguistik; Intergruppenbeziehungen; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Arabisch; Hebräisch; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Africa; Language; Languages; Afrika; Sprachen; Afrikanische Sprache; Indoeuropäisch; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
Abstract	This paper takes up conviviality as an analytical tool to investigate everyday language choices made by foreign residents living in Ras Al Khaimah, a small city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It draws on recent work in human geography and cultural studies to understand conviviality in terms of practices rather than outcomes. Specifically, it investigates some of the linguistic dimensions of conviviality deployed by residents of the city in everyday situations of linguistic contact and negotiation of difference. The paper focuses on participants' "small story" narratives (Georgakopoulou, Alexandra. 2015. Small stories research: Methods -- analysis -- outreach. In Anna De Fina & Alexandra Georgakopoulou (eds.), "The handbook of narrative analysis," 255-272. Malden: John Wiley & Sons) that exemplify everyday language choices in the face of a highly ethnolinguistically diverse as well as racially and economically stratified society. Considering the multitude of ethnolinguistic and socioeconomic divisions in the city and the country as a whole, the paper unpacks how such cross-border contact is negotiated through everyday language practices. The paper identifies four types of convivial linguistic practices described by my participants: language sharing, benevolent interpretation, language checks and respectful language choices. In the process, I also probe the limits of what studying conviviality can tell us about everyday linguistic togetherness in highly segregated societies marked by stark inequalities. (As Provided).
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