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Adverse ‘native speaker’ effects on Anglophones in the multilingual workplace
LOVRITS, Veronika
2022 • In Hůlková, Irena; Povolná, Renata; Vogel, Radek (Eds.) Patterns and Variation in English Language Discourse. 9th Brno Conference on Linguistics Studies in English
multilingual; sociolinguistic; native; English; social effects; language ideology; European Union; stance
Résumé :
[en] Exploring social effects of differentiation between “native and non-native” varieties of English, the presented study followed six Anglophone trainees in a transnational unit of an EU institution situated in Luxembourg. Data were gathered qualitatively in 2018-19, combining on-site observations, longitudinal-, and one-off interviews. The interviewing incited participants’ reflections on language practices and mapped their discursive positioning of the “native English speakers”. Conclusions drawn from a sociolinguistic analysis of stances show that despite the vagueness and no clearly definable linguistic characteristics of the “native English” notion, its employment brought distinct negative effects to the participants’ experience. The contribution highlights the social constructivist character of the native/non-native dichotomy and draws attention to its adverse effects in the multilingual workplace.
Disciplines :
Langues & linguistique
Auteur, co-auteur :
LOVRITS, Veronika ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Humanities (DHUM)
Co-auteurs externes :
no
Langue du document :
Anglais
Titre :
Adverse ‘native speaker’ effects on Anglophones in the multilingual workplace
Date de publication/diffusion :
2022
Nom de la manifestation :
9th Brno Conference on Linguistics Studies in English
Organisateur de la manifestation :
Masaryk University Brno
Lieu de la manifestation :
Brno, République Tchèque
Date de la manifestation :
from 16-09-2021 to 17-09-2021
Manifestation à portée :
International
Titre de l'ouvrage principal :
Patterns and Variation in English Language Discourse. 9th Brno Conference on Linguistics Studies in English
This conference contribution disseminates results from a pilot project (a report previously published as: Lovrits, V., and J. de Bres. (2021). Prestigious language, pigeonholed speakers: Stances towards the 'native English speaker' in a multilingual European institution. Journal of Sociolinguistics 25(3), pp. 398-417. https://doi.org/10.1111/josl.12431), complementing them with the results of a follow-up study and a new discussion relevant to the field of education.
