Impact Factor: 1.667

Published since January 1, 1982

Multilingua

Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication

ISSN: 1613-3684

Edited by: Eva Codó, Jürgen Jaspers

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Objective

Multilingua is a refereed academic journal publishing six issues per volume. It has established itself as an international forum for interdisciplinary research on linguistic diversity in social life. The journal is particularly interested in publishing high-quality empirical yet theoretically-grounded research from hitherto neglected sociolinguistic contexts worldwide.

Topics

Bi- and multilingualism
Language education, learning, and policy
Inter- and cross-cultural communication
Translation and interpreting in social contexts
Critical sociolinguistic studies of language and communication in globalization, transnationalism, migration, and mobility across time and space

Article formats

Research articles, research notes, reports, debates, review articles and short reviews

Your Benefits

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Provides an international forum for interdisciplinary research on linguistic diversity in social life
Facilitates exchange of information and experience between academics and practitioners
Focuses on neglected sociolinguistic contexts worldwide
Features special issues allowing in-depth exploration of specific topics

Multilingua has partnered with Language on the Move to regularly feature selected Multilingua articles and to bring them to the attention of a wider audience. Language on the Move is a peer-reviewed sociolinguistics research site devoted to multilingualism, language learning and intercultural communication in the contexts of globalization and migration. Language on the Move aims to disseminate sociolinguistic research to a broad global audience.

History

Multilingua was founded in 1982 by Mouton Publishers (now De Gruyter Mouton) with the support of the Commission of the European Communities. J. C. Sager was the journal’s first Editor-in-Chief, followed by Richard Watts who served as Editor-in-Chief from 1987–2013 and who was responsible for establishing the journal as an international and renowned academic journal devoted to multilingualism and intercultural communication.

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Volume 42 Issue 2

March 2023

Publicly Available March 9, 2023

Frontmatter

Page range: i-iii

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Articles

July 7, 2022

Mediated disclosure in asylum encounters

Marie Jacobs, Katrijn Maryns

Page range: 165-189

Abstract

Discursive input functions as the core decisive element in answering the legal dilemma of whether someone is eligible for international protection. This pleads in favour of strengthening the narrative-discursive component in migration studies by offering a micro-sociolinguistic analysis of interactional data from diverse legal encounters with applicants for international protection. This article adopts a case study approach, bringing together two different data sets collected in a Belgian context. In focusing on asylum claims based on reasons of sexual orientation and gender identity, the article foregrounds discursive tensions emblematic for the treatment of disclosure in and around the asylum procedure. The first part of our article draws on data from the guidance and counselling side of the asylum procedure in examining legal consultations which took place in the lawyer’s office. The second part of our article turns to the communication that takes place during asylum interviews between applicants and asylum officers. Juxtaposing both analyses, reveals how disclosure is complicated by the different stakeholders that mediate the situated interaction as well as by the legal-administrative categories that govern the asylum procedure. The way in which institutional actors and assumptions are deeply implicated in the creation of asylum narratives, is not only at odds with the government’s evaluation premises about how stories come into being in isolation, it also entails a certain level of vulnerability as mediation holds the potential to obscure the indexical load of the asylum seeker’s testimony.

Open Access May 24, 2022

Managing a discourse of reporting: the complex composing of an asylum narrative

Cecilia Wadensjö, Hanna Sofia Rehnberg, Zoe Nikolaidou

Page range: 191-213

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Abstract

The aim of this study is to demonstrate how the presence of an emerging written record may affect the content of an asylum narrative, based on which a decision concerning the asylum claimant’s right to receive protection eventually is taken. The lion’s share of studies on interpreter-mediated asylum interviews to date focus on risks involved with assigning non-professionals to perform the interpreting. This study draws specifically on a 3.5 min-long sequence taken from an asylum interview involving a professional interpreter, working between Russian and Swedish, and the corresponding paragraph of the Swedish-language written minutes, produced in parallel by the caseworker at a Migration Agency office. The study demonstrates something that hasn’t been highlighted much in the literature on asylum interviews, namely the mutual impact of the interpreter-mediated communicative format—the specific turn taking order and the restricted linguistic transparency—and the parallel record keeping; the intricate passage from two spoken languages to an asylum narrative in the form of a text written in one of these languages.

July 19, 2022

Commodification of English and English-like structures in shop names in Lombok Island, Indonesia

Kamaludin Yusra, Yuni Budi Lestari, Yulia Juwaeriah

Page range: 215-248

Abstract

English has been for centuries seen as the native language of speakers in the English-speaking inner circle countries, as the second language of speakers in the former British-colony outer circle countries and as an international business lingua franca among speakers in the techno-economically powerful extended circle countries. Little is known how speakers in the Expanding Circle countries where English is learned as an additional foreign language make use of the language in everyday life, for communication, and for business purposes. This article fills the gap by examining how and why English and English structures have been used in shop naming in the Expanding Circle. Surveying and observing shop names, products on sale, and neighborhood’s socio-economic conditions, the study identifies possible connection between the nature of the language used, the types of products being sold and the socioeconomic nature of the neighborhood. Distributing questionnaires and interviewing shop owners, staff and buyers in the central business districts on Lombok Island, Indonesia, the study establishes linguistic ideology and socio-economic and cultural expectation behind the name selection. Three clusters of CBDs were observed: urban, suburban and tourism areas. With Chi-square analyses, the study establishes a strong relationship between the choice of language for shop names and the types of products on sale irrespective of the socio-economic conditions of the shop neighborhood. With linguistic analyses, the study shows that the choice of names in English or in English-like structures is affected by the ideology of English as the language of science, technology and modern lifestyle. English is strongly associated with modern lifestyle and the majority of lifestyle, entertainment and fashion shops are named in the English language. English-like structures are connected to English as the language of technology and shops dealing with electricity and machinery technologies are named in English-like structures. The use of these linguistic ideologies is expected to boost the image of the shops and the sale of the products and this expectation was statistically verified.

July 15, 2022

Code-switching as linguistic microaggression: L2-Japanese and speaker legitimacy

Jae DiBello Takeuchi

Page range: 249-283

Abstract

At a press conference in Japan, an L2-Japanese reporter questioned an L1-Japanese politician. Although the press conference was conducted in Japanese, the politician code-switched to English during their exchange. The reporter challenged the politician’s code-switching; a confrontational exchange ensued. The reporter’s reaction depicts the code-switching as linguistic microaggression. Linguistic microaggressions are verbal comments focused on language use itself which intentionally or unintentionally discriminate. I analyze two data sets: the press conference data and an interview with the reporter, and a survey conducted with over 300 L2-Japanese speakers in Japan. Microanalysis of the press conference reveals linguistic microaggression and a struggle for speaker legitimacy. Qualitative thematic analysis of survey data examines L2-Japanese speakers’ reactions to unwanted code-switching. Together, analysis of these data sets shows how 1) linguistic microaggression can be resisted while asserting one’s own speaker legitimacy, and 2) L2-Japanese speakers can react strongly to unwanted code-switching. Few studies examine unwanted code-switching. I argue that the code-switching examined here was linguistic microaggression and was perceived as a threat to L2 speaker legitimacy. Findings contribute to research that critically examines L2 speakers’ struggles in Japan and have implications for understanding L2 speaker legitimacy.

August 12, 2022

Identity and heritage language learning: a case study of two mixed-heritage Korean university students in New Zealand

Mi Yung Park, Katalina Chung

Page range: 285-307

Abstract

This narrative case study examines the identity development of two mixed-heritage (Korean/White and Korean/Japanese) university students in relation to Korean as a heritage language (HL) in New Zealand. The narratives of the two participants (Mia and Hannah) revealed that they grew up with different levels of exposure to the HL, which impacted their HL proficiency, and experienced different struggles with identity construction. While Mia’s White appearance helped her explore multiple ethnic/cultural identities, Hannah was deemed completely non-White by White New Zealanders, assigned a minority “Asian” identity, and subjected to racial discrimination. The dominant group’s confusion about intra-race mixedness and perceptions of Hannah as non-mixed complicated her situation. Hannah had little access to a majority heritage (New Zealander) identity, but also found her specific heritage identities occluded by an imposed single (“Asian”) identity. Nonetheless, on entering university both participants showed a strong desire to embrace their Koreanness through HL education or socialization with coethnic peers. HL learning played a crucial role in their construction of mixed-heritage identity; for Mia, the HL was valuable social capital, while for Hannah, the HL was a means of claiming her ethnic identity. This study highlights the complexity and plurality of mixed-heritage identities and offers implications for educators.

Review

July 18, 2022

Liberating language education

Tazin Abdullah

Page range: 309-314

Abstract

Language teachers, curriculum writers and sociolinguists have engaged thoroughly in investigating the diverse factors that influence language teaching and learning. The authors of Liberating Language Education add to this area of research through a collection of empirical studies that bring into focus the lived experiences and conclusions achieved via a variety of language teaching practices. This review provides an overview of the distinct approach taken in this book, the diverse topics covered and the perspectives offered.

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Volume 42 (2023)

Volume 41 (2022)

Volume 40 (2021)

Volume 39 (2020)

Volume 38 (2019)

Volume 37 (2018)

Volume 36 (2017)

Volume 35 (2016)

Volume 31 (2016)

Volume 34 (2015)

Volume 33 (2014)

Volume 32 (2013)

Volume 30 (2011)

Volume 29 (2010)

Volume 28 (2009)

Volume 27 (2008)

Volume 26 (2007)

Volume 25 (2006)

Volume 24 (2005)

Volume 23 (2004)

Volume 22 (2003)

Volume 21 (2002)

Volume 20 (2001)

Volume 19 (2000)

Volume 18 (1999)

Volume 17 (1998)

Volume 16 (1997)

Volume 15 (1996)

Volume 14 (1995)

Volume 13 (1994)

Volume 12 (1993)

Volume 11 (1992)

Volume 10 (1991)

Volume 9 (1990)

Volume 8 (1989)

Volume 7 (1988)

Volume 6 (1987)

Volume 5 (1986)

Volume 4 (1985)

Volume 3 (1984)

Volume 2 (1983)

Volume 1 (1982)

5-year Impact Factor	1.662
Cite Score	2.6
European Reference Index for the Humanities
Impact Factor	1.667
Journal Citation Indicator	1.71
SCImago Journal Rank	0.539
Source Normalized Impact per Paper	1.459

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Please format your manuscript according to the De Gruyter Mouton journal style sheet. Failure to do this may result in rejection of the manuscript
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Multilingua has an acceptance rate of ca. 15%. To maximize your chances of acceptance, it is essential that your article is within the scope of the journal. We are looking for theoretically and methodologically innovative research that has broader relevance. We particularly welcome research from marginalized and underexplored contexts.
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Manuscripts of between 8,000 and 12,000 words can be considered for publication as Research Articles. Shorter submissions may be considered for publication as Research Notes.
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Editorial

Editors

Eva Codó
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
08193 Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès)
Barcelona
Spain
E-mail: eva.codo@uab.cat

Jürgen Jaspers
Université libre de Bruxellles
1050 Brussels
Belgium
E-mail: jurgen.jaspers@ulb.be

Editorial Board
Philipp Angermeyer (York University, Canada)
Lydia Catedral (City University Hong Kong, China)
James Costa (Université Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle, France)
Feliciano Chimbutane (Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique)
Haley De Korne (University of Oslo, Norway)
Alexandre Duchêne (Université de Fribourg, Switzerland)
Nelson Flores (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
Adam Jaworski (University of Hong Kong, China)
Petteri Laihonen (University of Jyväskylä, Finland)
Matthieu LeBlanc (Université de Moncton, Canada)
Jia Li (Yunnan University, China)
Ikuko Nakane (University of Melbourne, Australia)
Adriana Patiño-Santos (University of Southampton, UK)
Uta Papen (Lancaster University, UK)
Laura Smith-Khan (University of Technology Sydney, Australia)
Joseph Sung-Yul Park (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Fatma Said (Zayed University, United Arab Emirates)
Sarah Van Hoof (Universiteit Gent, Belgium)

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Online ISSN: 1613-3684
Print ISSN: 0167-8507
Type: Journal
Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
First published: January 1, 1982
Publication Frequency: 6 Issues per Year
Audience: scholars, students and practitioners