Multimodality and Multilingualism

Towards an Integrative Approach

Edited by Steph Ainsworth, Dominic Griffiths, Gee Macrory, Kate Pahl

Publication date:

01 March 2023

Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Dimensions:

234x156mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781800413382

This book explores the ways in which multimodality and multilingualism as areas of study intersect and provides empirical examples of how this looks in practice from a wide range of settings. The chapters include visual as well as linguistic descriptions of practice and provide an accessible introduction to multimodality and multilingualism for a readership from undergraduate students to researchers. The book argues that the everyday practices of multilingual communities are multimodal in nature, and that by working at the intersection of multilingualism and multimodality we may be able to make fruitful advances in multiple areas of applied linguistics, and properly appreciate the actual human complexities of communication.

Figures and Tables

Contributors

Acknowledgements

Steph Ainsworth, Dominic Griffiths, Gee Macrory and Kate Pahl: Introduction: Origins, Scope and Rationale of the Book

Part 1: Multilingual Approaches

Vally Lytra: Introduction to Part 1: Appraising the ‘Multilingual Turn’ in Applied Linguistics and Sociolinguistics

Chapter 1. Sophie Liggins: Heritage Language Speakers’ Responses to Plurilingual Pedagogies in a Secondary School Context

Chapter 2. Yesha Devi Mahadeo-Doorgakant: The Development of the Linguistic Repertoire of Primary School Learners within the Mauritian Educational System

Chapter 3. Pryanki Ghosh: ‘What’s in a Name?’ An Exploratory Study on International Students’ Names within International University Theatre Society Contexts

Chapter 4. Marie Jacobs: ‘So You Need to Be Able to Tell It Well’: On Footing and Genre in Lawyer–Client Consultations in the Field of Asylum Law

Part 2: Multimodal Approaches

Jennifer Rowsell: Introduction to Part 2: Situating Multimodality in the Landscape of Language Research

Chapter 5. Kelli Zezulka: Applying Linguistics to the Theatre Production Process

Chapter 6. Ornaith Rodgers: ‘A Special Closeness’, ‘des moments de tendresse indescriptibles’: A Multimodal Critique of Infant Feeding Health Promotional Discourse in Ireland and France

Chapter 7. Christina Hedman, Ewa Jacquet, Eva Nilsson and Katarina Rejman: Expressing Reading Engagement within Drama-Based Literary Work: Perspectives from Three Students in a Linguistically Diverse Classroom in Sweden

Chapter 8. Jessica Bradley and Louise Atkinson: Conversation through Art

Part 3: Integrating Multimodal and Multilingual Approaches

Gabriele Budach: Introduction to Part 3: Multilingualism and Multimodality: A Comment

Chapter 9. Kate Pahl: Meaning Matters: Multimodality, (New) Materialism and Co-production with Young People in Applied Linguistics

Chapter 10. Ulrike Zeshan, Sibaji Panda, Uta Papen and Julia Gillen: Peer to Peer Multiliteracies: A New Concept of Accessibility

Khawla Badwan: Concluding Thoughts: Labouring Together towards Generous Cuts in Language and Literacy Education

Index

The editors of this book have brought together cutting-edge scholarship which integrates multimodal and multilingual approaches to social and linguistic research. The range and scope of subject matter, and the depth of analysis, make this an unmissable resource for anyone interested in communication in contemporary life.