More language(s) - more space(s)?

reflections on the representation of heteroglossia and minority languages in the Alpe-Adria region

Abstract

This article addresses the issue how heteroglossic people in the three regions of Carinthia, Primorska, and the Trst/Trieste region experience their multilingualism and its representations in everyday day life. The approach is transdisciplinary and includes theory and methods from fields of political theory, sociology of space, sociolinguistics, ethnography, visual cultures and multimodal discourse analysis. The research focus is on social constructions of space, created by heteroglossic people in their everyday life and by the representations of the languages in their living environment. This article wants to take a closer look at life with - or in - heteroglossia and at possible integrative handling of it

Keywords

heteroglossia;public space;representation;language minorities;ethnic minorities;visual culture;geosemiotics;Alpe-Adria region;

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Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2009
Typology:	1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:	UP - University of Primorska
Publisher:	Centro di ricerche scientifiche della Repubblica di Slovenia
UDC:	323.15:81'246.3'272
COBISS:	1641171
ISSN:	1408-5348
Views:	3043
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