Metrolingualism in Prague: The Adaptation and Management of Multilingualism in a Multiethnic Bakery Shop

• Autorzy: Park Minyoung
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The aim of this paper is to shed light on how ordinary language users in a globalized city adapt to and manage their multilingual situations in which diverse communicative problems occur. The subject of this study is a multiethnic bakery shop in Prague. Various languages, such as English, Czech, Korean and Chinese are used as a means of everyday interaction between the owners and customers in the shop. Language Management Theory (Jernudd & Neustupný, 1987; Neustupný & Nekvapil, 2003) will be employed as a theoretical framework in order to understand and analyze the following research questions: 1) how do the owners of a multiethnic bakery shop adapt to their multilingual situation?, 2) how do the owners of a multiethnic bakery shop manage their language use during the work? Simple management (on the micro-level) and organized management (on the macro-level) will be analyzed based on the data gathered from observations, recordings, language biography interviews, and follow-up interviews by the author. This paper will illuminate how socio-economic, communicative and linguistic management are intertwined and what consequences may follow after implementing the adjustment plan.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

metrolingualism; multilingualism; Language Management Theory everyday life; simple management; organized management

• Wydawca: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Czasopismo: Studie z aplikované lingvistiky - Studies in Applied Linguistics
• Rocznik: 2022
• Tom: 13
• Numer: 2
• Strony: 99-122

Twórcy

autor

Park Minyoung

• Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, Charles University