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Researching Adolescents’ Linguistic Repertoires in Multilingual Areas : Case Studies from South Tyrol and Finland (2023)

Zanasi, L., Mård-Miettinen, K., & Platzgummer, V. (2023). Researching Adolescents’ Linguistic Repertoires in Multilingual Areas : Case Studies from South Tyrol and Finland. In S. Björklund, & M. Björklund (Eds.), Policy and Practice for Multilingual Educational Settings (pp. 173-197). Multilingual Matters. Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 138. https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.1231861.11

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Publication details

All authors or editors: Zanasi, Lorenzo; Mård-Miettinen, Karita; Platzgummer, Verena

Parent publication: Policy and Practice for Multilingual Educational Settings

Parent publication editors: Björklund, Siv; Björklund, Mikaela

ISBN: 978-1-80041-298-9

eISBN: 978-1-80041-300-9

Journal or series: Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

Publication year: 2023

Publication date: 31/03/2023

Number in series: 138

Pages range: 173-197

Number of pages in the book: 217

Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Place of Publication: Bristol

Publication country: United Kingdom

Publication language: English

Persistent website address: https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.1231861.11

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Open Access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/86204

Abstract

In this chapter we present and compare two research experiences in the domain of linguistic repertoires (LRs) applied to the field of education. Our aim is to elucidate how we used different combinations of methods for data generation in the trilingual (German, Italian and Ladin) Italian province of South Tyrol and the bilingual (Finnish and Swedish) coastal regions of Finland in order to map the LRs of young multilingual participants aged 10 to 19. We investigated different aspects of their LRs (representations, use and trajectories) with multiple methods, ranging from more traditional sociolinguistic surveys such as questionnaires and inter views to multimodal and task-based methods such as language portraits, photographs and simulated contexts for multilingual interaction. We describe these methods and share some of the insights they enabled us to gain into the LRs of adolescents in two multilingual contexts in Europe.

Keywords: young people; bilingualism; multilingualism; use of language; sociolinguistics

Free keywords: linguistic repertoires; multilingualism; adolescents

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Reporting Year: 2023

Preliminary JUFO rating: 2