Browsing School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures by Author "http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100002081"
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Dance, multilingual repertoires and the Italian landscape: asylum seekers’ narratives in an arts-based project
Ciribuco, Andrea (Routledge, 2021-12-27)This article examines the impact that an arts project had on the relationship between a group of asylum seekers and the Italian town where they live. The project brought together local youth and asylum seekers to engage ... -
Double-voicing and rubber ducks: the dominance of English in the imaginative play of two bilingual sisters
Smith-Christmas, Cassie (Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2020-05-05)Through analysis of a video recording of two bilingual siblings playing with rubber ducks, this article explores the concept that imaginative play can serve as a potential site for language shift. The article argues that ... -
How to turn the tide: the policy implications emergent from comparing a ‘post-vernacular FLP’ to a ‘pro-Gaelic FLP’
Smith-Christmas, Cassie; NicLeòid, Sìleas L. (Springer Verlag, 2020-02-14)This paper compares the sociolinguistic trajectory of a latent speaker mother to that of a new speaker mother. Drawing on Shandler (TDR 48(1):19 43, 2004), it introduces the term post-vernacular FLP as a means to ... -
National identity and belonging among gay ‘new speakers’ of Irish
Walsh, John (John Benjamins Publishing, 2019-03)New speakers refer to people who use a language regularly but are not traditional native speakers of that language. Although this discussion has been going on for some time in other sub-disciplines of linguistics, it ... -
Okra in translation: Asylum seekers, food, and integration
Ciribuco, Andrea (John Benjamins, 2021-06-18)This article explores the theme of food translation, based on research conducted in Italy in 2018 with a group of asylum seekers from different West African countries. It concentrates on a community gardening project ... -
‘Right an turn agadsa’: The reflexivity between language socialisation and child agency in exploring ‘success’ in FLP
Smith-Christmas, Cassie (Elsevier, 2022-09-09)The article explores the mutual relationship—or reflexivity— between language socialisation and child agency. It discusses two respective models developed to: (a) better theorise successful language acquisition in a ‘Family ... -
Translating the village: Translation as part of the everyday lives of asylum seekers in Italy
Ciribuco, Andrea (John Benjamins Publishing, 2020-10-27)This article explores translation in the lives of asylum seekers from various African countries living in state-provided accommodation in the region of Umbria, Italy. While (semi) professional translators and interpreters ...