Translingual Discrimination: Skilled Transnational Migrants in the Labour Market of Australia

Autor/inn/en	Dovchin, Sender; Dryden, Stephanie
Titel	Translingual Discrimination: Skilled Transnational Migrants in the Labour Market of Australia
Quelle	In: Applied Linguistics, 43 (2022) 2, S.365-388 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Dovchin, Sender) ORCID (Dryden, Stephanie)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-6001
DOI	10.1093/applin/amab041
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Skilled Workers; Ethnography; Labor Market; Social Discrimination; Immigrants; Applied Linguistics; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Self Concept; Naming; Job Applicants; Language Proficiency; Language Skills; Language Attitudes; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Facharbeiter; Ethnografie; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Soziale Benachteiligung; Soziale Schließung; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Linguistics; Linguistik; Angewandte Linguistik; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Selbstkonzept; Bewerber; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Sprachverhalten; Australien
Abstract	Drawing on linguistic ethnographic data, this study examines the language-based discriminatory experiences of skilled transnational migrants in the labour market of Australia. Moving beyond two main concepts of 'interlingual' and 'intra-lingual' discrimination in applied linguistics, this article points out the concept of 'translingual discrimination', which refers to inequality based on transnational identities' specific linguistic repertoires and backgrounds that are substantiated by the national order of things. Translingual discrimination adds intensity to transnational processes, with the skilled migrants showing particular potential for exclusion regarding two factors: translingual 'name discrimination' and 'English discrimination'. 'Translingual name discrimination' is a homogenous form of 'name' policing, evident in multiple examples where the skilled transnational migrants' job applications are often largely rejected on the grounds of their 'birth name' written on their curriculum vitae. 'Translingual English discrimination' is another common form of discrimination, where the skilled transnational migrants become subject to discrimination based on their English proficiency and their overall language skills, leading to 'the paradoxes of migration'--discrepancies between the imagination and the reality--where they fall from 'hero to zero' in the host society. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01