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САШКО-LECT: THE TRANSLANGUAGED GRAMMAR OF A HYPER MULTILINGUAL GLOBAL NOMAD PART 3 - CONTACT LANGUAGES AND TRANSLANGUAGING.

Authors :
ANDRASON, ALEXANDER
Source :
Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis; 2021, Vol. 138 Issue 3, p119-133, 15p
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

This study examines the idiolect of САШКО - a hyper-multilingual global nomad whose language repertoire draws on forty languages, ten of which he speaks with native or native-like proficiency. By analyzing grammatical and lexical features typifying САШКО's translanguaging practices (code-switches, code-borrowings, and code-mixes), as documented in the corpus of reflexive notes that span the last twenty-five years, the author designs САШКО's translanguaged grammar. Instead of being a passive additive pluralization of separated, autonomous, and static monolects, САШКО's grammar emerges as a deeply orchestrated, unitary, and dynamic strategy. From САШКО's perspective, this grammar constitutes a tool to express his rebellious and defiant identity; a tool that - while aiming to combat Western mono-culturalisms, compartmented multilingualisms, and nationalisms - ultimately leads to САШКО's linguistic and cultural homelessness. This paper - the last in a series of three articles - is dedicated to САШКО's mixed languages and translanguaged grammar typifying САШКО-lect in its integrity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
18971059
Volume :
138
Issue :
3
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
154160196
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.4467/20834624SL.21.011.13705