From language to languaging: changing relations between humans and linguistic features

The old man and the letter: repertoires of literacy and languaging in a modern multiethnic Gambian village

“…a shift from a sociolinguistics that was defined as the study of who speaks (or writes) what language to whom, when and to what end (see Fishman 1972), to a sociolinguistics that is being defined as the study of who Compare languages how and what is being languaged under particular circumstances in a particular place and time. It was argued that the notion of languaging as it has been proposed by various authors (Jørgensen 2008;Møller and Jørgensen 2009;Pietikäinen et al 2008;Shohamy 2006) represents a key concept in this move away from studying languages as linguistic systems to studying language as a sociolinguistic system. The notion of languaging refocuses our attention on human beings that are engaged in particular activities (e.g., letter writing) and away from languages as things of their own.…”

Translinguando espaço? Discursos metalinguísticos de jovens moçambicanos sobre `languaging´

“…Neste aspeto o estudo é inspirado por pesquisas anteriores que adotaram o conceito languaging. (CANAGARAJAH, 2013;JÖRGENSEN, 2009;MAKONI;PENNYCOOK, 2006) e os conceitos translanguaging e translanguaging space (GARCÍA;WEI, 2014;WEI, 2011). Opta-se por usar languaging, translanguaging e translanguaging space sem tradução.…”

preliminary exploration

“…This conversation can also be seen as functioning under a norm of polylingualism (Jorgensen 2008, Moller andJorgensen 2009) in which language mixing is not a deviation but actually a normal practice in conversation. In their daily communication, these youth speakers often make simultaneous use of various linguistic features (lexical items, particles, affixes) that are normally associated with Javanese, BI and even English.…”

“…In contemporary globalized contexts, people's multilingual repertoires are often derived from a variety of languages with differing levels of competence (Blommaert 2010:106). The notion of "polylingualism" (Jorgensen 2008, Moller andJorgensen 2009) emphasizes that people use whatever language features are at their disposal to achieve their communicative aims, regardless of how well they know these languages.…”