Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: In this article, we discuss translanguaging as a current sociolinguistics approach to language relating to the matters of multilingualism, language and culture interaction, and new language practices on the axis of globalization. With translanguaging, we theoretically problematize the sustainability of existing linguistic views and a stable national language regime, resorting to individuals' language repertoires in our conceptualization of language. Furthermore, we aim to provide examples of translanguaging practice in Turkey that reflect the realities of 21st century. The examples briefly address the socio-cultural functions of Turkish speakers' language practices in social media, highlighting the context of digital spaces. Thus, we engage in the questions of how translanguaging practices in Turkey are formulated, what socio-cultural functions these practices perform, and how the Turkish language and English as a lingua franca interact. The interaction of English as a lingua franca and Turkish as a national language is recontextualized to investigate a neglected and understudied subject in linguistics and other disciplines in Turkey.
Source: DergiPark (Istanbul University)
Authors: Mısır, Hülya, Erdoğan-öztürk, Yasemin
Institutions: Cappadocia University, Karabük University
Language: Turkish
Subfield: Linguistics and Language
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4311920276