Autobiographic Narratives as Data in Applied Linguistics

Autor/in	Pavlenko, Aneta
Titel	Autobiographic Narratives as Data in Applied Linguistics
Quelle	In: Applied Linguistics, 28 (2007) 2, S.163-188 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-6001
DOI	10.1093/applin/amm008
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Multilingualism; Diaries; Autobiographies; Applied Linguistics; Personal Narratives; Data Collection; Data Analysis; Bilingualism + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Diary; Tagebuch; Autobiography; Autobiografie; Autobiographie; Linguistics; Linguistik; Angewandte Linguistik; Erlebniserzählung; Data capture; Datensammlung; Auswertung; Bilingualismus
Abstract	In the past decade, language memoirs, linguistic autobiographies, and learners' journals and diaries have become a popular means of data collection in applied linguistics. It is not always clear however how one should go about analyzing these data. The aim of this paper is to offer a critical review of analytical frameworks applied to second language users' personal narratives. I discuss the strengths and weaknesses of these frameworks in relation to the type of information they seek: subject reality, life reality, and text reality. I argue that some analytical approaches, in particular content and thematic analyses, are insensitive to the interpretive nature of autobiographic data. Subsequently, I offer recommendations for systematic analysis of bi- and multilinguals' narratives on macro- and micro-levels in terms of content, context, and form. (Author).
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