Répertoires et actes de communication en situation plurilingue : le cas de Ziguinchor au Sénégal

Juillard, Caroline

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“…4 Blommaert and Backus (2013, p. 6) summarize the discussion as "(a) an increasing problematization of the notion of 'language' in its traditional sense -shared, bounded, characterized by deep stable structures; (b) an increasing focus on 'language' as an emergent dynamic pattern of practices in which semiotic resources are being used in a particular wayoften captured by terms such as 'languaging', 'polylingualism' and so forth". Although the focus of most third wave sociolinguistic studies has been Western settings, such conclusions have also been reached in work carried out in Casamance (e.g., Dreyfus & Juillard, 2005;Goodchild, 2016Goodchild, , 2019Goodchild & Weidl, 2019;Juillard, 1990Juillard, , 2005Weidl, 2019). However, finegrained variationist studies focusing on individual features are confounded by the fact that this setting involves so many unstandardized and often undescribed languages -how can we identify variation if we have no baseline to compare it to?…”

Section: Linguistic Description and Multilingualismmentioning

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Language as category: using prototype theory to create reference points for the study of multilingual data

Watson

2019

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In this paper I present a framework for the conceptualization of languages based on the prototype theory of categorization proposed by Eleanor Rosch and her colleagues for natural semantic categories. It is motivated by research in the Casamance region of southern Senegal, where a high level of multilingualism in non-standardized varieties is the norm, making accurate description of languages, and thus analysis of multilingual discourse, problematic. I show that languages in this context can be conceived of as categories, of which linguistic features may be more or less prototypical members. Such an approach can form the basis for a more robust method of language description, integrating rich sociolinguistic data, and facilitating more nuanced analysis of multilingual discourse data.

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Section: Linguistic Description and Multilingualismmentioning

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Language as category: using prototype theory to create reference points for the study of multilingual data

Watson

2019

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“…Secondly, this situation is complemented by the role of various languages which assume the role of the regional or situational lingua franca (cf. Juillard 1991;Dreyfus and Juillard 2005;Juillard 2005;Pujolar 2009;Gal 2013;Pujolar and Gonzàlez 2013;Woolard and Frekko 2013). The regional perspective is conducive to the present endeavour since it helps shifting our focus away from a focus on national languages and local mother tongues (cf.…”

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Between phatic communion and coping tactic. Casamançais multilingual practices

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2015

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This paper enquires into the role of multilingual practices in conviviality in shared, socially and culturally mixed localities. I ask how Casamançais use diverse repertoires to get by in everyday life in both Casamance, Senegal and Catalonia, Spain. The concept of conviviality stresses fragile, dynamic processes characteristic of everyday ways of living together with maintained difference. I argue that minimal, but diversified language practices, which compose linguistically diverse repertoires, are central in facilitating conviviality among local residents. Minimal interactions and 'small talk', or phatic communion, cushion potentially conflictual socio-cultural differences and inequalities. Firstly, I will evaluate discourses on multilingual practices of Casamançais in both contexts. Second, I will critically explore the reasons for and quality of the widespread use of diverse repertoires. I conclude that multilingual practices facilitate phatic communion sometimes playfully and sometimes as part of coping strategies in situations in which structural forces determine which choices will be more successful than others. The process of conviviality spans both these aspects describing ever-dynamic and ever-fragile ways of living with difference.

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Between phatic communion and coping tactic. Casamançais multilingual practices

Heil¹

2019

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This paper enquires into the role of multilingual practices in conviviality in shared, socially and culturally mixed localities. I ask how Casamançais use diverse repertoires to get by in everyday life in both Casamance, Senegal and Catalonia, Spain. The concept of conviviality stresses fragile, dynamic processes characteristic of everyday ways of living together with maintained difference. I argue that minimal, but diversified language practices, which compose linguistically diverse repertoires, are central in facilitating conviviality among local residents. Minimal interactions and ‘small talk’, or phatic communion, cushion potentially conflictual socio-cultural differences and inequalities. Firstly, I will evaluate discourses on multilingual practices of Casamançais in both contexts. Second, I will critically explore the reasons for and quality of the widespread use of diverse repertoires. I conclude that multilingual practices facilitate phatic communion sometimes playfully and sometimes as part of coping strategies in situations in which structural forces determine which choices will be more successful than others. The process of conviviality spans both these aspects describing ever-dynamic and ever-fragile ways of living with difference.

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Répertoires et actes de communication en situation plurilingue : le cas de Ziguinchor au Sénégal

Cited by 3 publications

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Language as category: using prototype theory to create reference points for the study of multilingual data

Language as category: using prototype theory to create reference points for the study of multilingual data

Between phatic communion and coping tactic. Casamançais multilingual practices

Between phatic communion and coping tactic. Casamançais multilingual practices

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