Locating Translingualism (Key Topics in Applied Linguistics) - Hardcover

Lee, Jerry Won

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1009100106 ISBN 13: 9781009100106

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2022

Synopsis

Encounters involving different cultures and languages are increasingly the norm in the era of globalization. While considerable attention has been paid to how languages and cultures transform in the era of globalization, their characteristic features prior to transformation are frequently taken for granted. This pioneering book argues that globalization offers an unprecedented opportunity to revisit fundamental assumptions about what distinguishes languages and cultures from each other in the first place. It takes the case of global Korea, showing how the notion of 'culture' is both represented but also reinvented in public space, with examples from numerous sites across Korea and Koreatowns around the world. It is not merely about locating spaces where translingualism happens but also about exploring the various ways in which linguistic and cultural difference come to be located via translingualism. It will appeal to anyone interested in the globalization of language and culture.

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About the Author

Jerry Won Lee is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Irvine. He is author of The Politics of Translingualism (Routledge, 2018), co-editor of Translinguistics (Routledge, 2019), and editor of The Sociolinguistics of Global Asias (Routledge, 2022).

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1009100106
• ISBN 13: 9781009100106
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 218