What does it mean to be a language variationist and bilingual?
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https://doi.org/10.52242/gatesol.41Keywords:
anguage variationist, bilingual, power, identity, standardized EnglishAbstract
This article discusses what it means to be a bilingual and language variationist while revisiting the author’s language learning experiences. It shows how the author gains power and multilayered identities to employ a variety of Englishes as a tool for academic success and to be a part of community.
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Roberts, J. (2013). Child language variation. In J. K. Chambers & N. Schilling (2nd ed.), The handbook of language variation and change (pp. 263-276). Malden, MA: Blackwell.
Rueda, R. (2013). 21st-century skills: Cultural, linguistic, and motivational perspectives. In D. E. Alvermann, N. J. Unrau, & R. B. Ruddell (6th ed.), Theoretical models and processes of reading (pp. 1241-1267). Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
Wolfram, W., Carter, P., & Moriello, B. (2004). Emerging Hispanic English: New dialect formation in the American South. Journal of Sociolinguistics, 8, 339-358.
Foulkes, P., Docherty, G., & Watt, D. (1999). Tracking the emergence of structured variation. Leeds Working Papers in Linguistics and Phonetics, 7, 1-25.
Gee, J. P. (1996). Social linguistics and literacies: Ideology in discourses (2nd ed.). London: Traylor & Francis.
Gee, J. P. (2013). Reading as situated language: A sociocognitive perspective. In D. E. Alvermann, N. J. Unrau, & R. B. Ruddell (6th ed.). Theoretical models and processes of reading (pp. 136-151). Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
Johnstone, B. (2004). Place, globalization, and linguistic variation. In C. Fought (Ed.), Sociolinguistic variation: Critical reflections (pp. 65-83). New York: Oxford University Press.
Kiesling, S. F. (2013). Constructing identity. In J. K. Chambers & N. Schilling (2nd ed.), The handbook of language variation and change (pp. 448-467). Malden, MA: Blackwell
Labov, W. (1972). Language in the inner city. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press.
Labov, W. (1990). The intersection of sex and social class in the course of linguistic change. Language Variation and Change, 2, 205-54.
Meyerhoff, M. & Strycharz, A. (2013). Communities of practice. In J. K. Chambers & N. Schilling (2nd ed.), The handbook of language variation and change (pp. 428-447). Malden, MA: Blackwell.
Milroy, L. & Llamas, C. (2013). Social networks. In J. K. Chambers & N. Schilling (2nd ed.), The handbook of language variation and change (pp. 409-427). Malden, MA: Blackwell.
Roberts, J. (2013). Child language variation. In J. K. Chambers & N. Schilling (2nd ed.), The handbook of language variation and change (pp. 263-276). Malden, MA: Blackwell.
Rueda, R. (2013). 21st-century skills: Cultural, linguistic, and motivational perspectives. In D. E. Alvermann, N. J. Unrau, & R. B. Ruddell (6th ed.), Theoretical models and processes of reading (pp. 1241-1267). Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
Wolfram, W., Carter, P., & Moriello, B. (2004). Emerging Hispanic English: New dialect formation in the American South. Journal of Sociolinguistics, 8, 339-358.
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What does it mean to be a language variationist and bilingual?. (2016). GATESOL Journal, 26(1). https://doi.org/10.52242/gatesol.41