Autonomy Abroad: Metaphors of "Mundigkeit" in Language Learner Narrative

Autor/in	O'Sullivan, Helen
Titel	Autonomy Abroad: Metaphors of "Mundigkeit" in Language Learner Narrative
Quelle	In: Language and Intercultural Communication, 10 (2010) 2, S.106-118 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1470-8477
Schlagwörter	Native Speakers; Second Language Learning; Personal Narratives; Figurative Language; Power Structure; Interpersonal Communication; Learning Experience; Acculturation; Language Proficiency; Foreign Countries; Foreign Nationals + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Muttersprachler; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Erlebniserzählung; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Lernerfahrung; Akkulturation; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Ausland; Ausländer; Ausländerin
Abstract	This paper forms part of a wider research project which examines how the Kantian concept of "Mundigkeit" or "maturity" may be represented in subjective accounts of language learning, known as "language learner narratives". It is shown that the metaphors used in these texts frequently do not so much represent congenial relations of hospitality between native and non-native speakers as unequal power relations, in which the non-native speaker feels "imprisoned" or "infantilised". The paper also considers some of the other metaphors common to such texts, which may represent universal conceptualisations of language learning experiences. (Contains 16 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10