Open AccessLanguage Ideologies and Multilingual Practices of Post-Soviet Migrants in Western Europe from a Translanguaging Perspective
Author(s) -
Erzhen V. Khilkhanova
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ca' foscari japanese studies. religion and thought/ca' foscari japanese studies. religion and thought
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2610-900X
pISSN - 2610-9417
DOI - 10.30687/bes/0/2021/01/005
Subject(s) - translanguaging , perspective (graphical) , ideology , linguistics , multilingualism , sociology , normative , soviet union , ethnography , underpinning , neuroscience of multilingualism , political science , anthropology , pedagogy , politics , computer science , philosophy , civil engineering , artificial intelligence , law , engineering
The main point of this paper is to describe, discuss and analyse multilingual practices of non-Russian migrants from the former Soviet Union from a translanguaging perspective uncovering language ideologies underpinning these practices. Using data collected through a 3-month linguistic ethnography supplemented by linguistic analysis of informal online communication, the Author found that fluid, translingual practices are generally not characteristic for the majority of well-educated post-Soviet migrants. Instead, we observe in the normative linguistic behaviour a lack of need or unwillingness to cross language boundaries and create hybrid linguistic forms.