"I Just Sit, Drink and Go Back to Work." Topographies of Language Practice at Work

Autor/inn/en	Angouri, Jo; Humonen, Kristina
Titel	"I Just Sit, Drink and Go Back to Work." Topographies of Language Practice at Work
Quelle	In: Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 42 (2023) 1, S.55-82 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0167-8507
DOI	10.1515/multi-2021-0156
Schlagwörter	Multilingualism; Work Environment; Language Usage; Sociolinguistics; Discourse Analysis; Ethnography; Dining Facilities; Interpersonal Communication; Inclusion; Social Isolation; Employees; Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Finno Ugric Languages; Hospitality Occupations; Corporations; Second Language Learning; Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Arbeitsmilieu; Sprachgebrauch; Soziolinguistik; Diskursanalyse; Ethnografie; Mensa; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Inklusion; Soziale Isolation; Employee; Arbeitnehmer; Beschäftigter; Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Gastgewerbegehilfe; Unternehmen; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Finnland
Abstract	The paper explores the "in situ" negotiation of in/exclusion in and through language in a multilingual professional setting, paying special attention to the relationship between language and space. We argue that multilingual practices and material space are co-constitutive; individuals enact group membership and professional roles spatiolinguistically and re/produce in/visible social and material boundaries. Despite the well-established literature on in/exclusion, the ways in which it is negotiated in asymmetrical, emplaced, workplace encounters is still underexplored. We introduce a "topographies of practice" framework and show how professional asymmetries are enacted in and through language choice and language use in the multilingual workplace. We take an Interactional Sociolinguistic approach and report on the analysis of 23 h of interactional data and 42 h of ethnographic observations from a professional, multilingual kitchen in Finland. We show patterns that are un/marked in the data and constitute the norms in this particular workplace. We argue that topographies of practice are topographies of in/exclusion enacted in and through situated encounters; we pay special attention to the role of employees who are legitimised to cross visible and invisible boundaries and we close the paper with recommendations for future research. (As Provided).
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