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Translanguaging: History
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Translanguaging refers to the dynamic use of a multilingual speaker’s linguistic resources to construct meaning and communicate across contexts, rather than treating named languages as entirely separate systems during language use [1][2]. The concept encompasses practices through which speakers draw on their integrated linguistic repertoires, including lexical, grammatical, and other semiotic resources, to accomplish communicative and cognitive tasks [1][2]. In sociolinguistics and applied linguistics, translanguaging is examined as both a description of multilingual language practices and, in educational research, an approach to organizing learning and communication through the flexible use of linguistic resources.

  • Translanguaging
  • Multilingualism
  • Linguistic repertoire
  • Language practices

References

  1. Ofelia García; Li Wei. Translanguaging; Springer Nature: Durham, NC, United States, 2014. [CrossRef]
  2. Ricardo Otheguy; Ofelia García; Wallis Reid; Clarifying translanguaging and deconstructing named languages: A perspective from linguistics. Appl. Linguist. Rev. 2015, 6, 281-307, 10.1515/applirev-2015-0014.
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