Crossing of a different kind

TY - JOUR

T1 - Crossing of a different kind

AU - Rampton, Ben

AU - Charalambous, Constadina

AU - Charalambous, Panayiota

PY - 2019/11

Y1 - 2019/11

N2 - This study of language crossing moves away from the scenes of multi-ethnic heteroglossia that have dominated the research, and turns instead to a setting affected by major conflict where the language of the traditional enemy has been introduced to secondary schools as part of a reconciliation initiative. This generates a radically different view of crossing and the environment in which it emerges: schooling counts more than popular culture; inter-generational links matter as much as peer relations; and 'technical redoing' is a more important key for crossing than 'make believe', 'contests', or 'ceremonials' (Goffman 1974). With a very different profile of this kind, crossing retains and extends its significance, pointing to a sociolinguistic practice that also occurs in official sites struggling with a legacy of violence and acute division. (Crossing, conflict legacy, language learning, classrooms, keying)∗

AB - This study of language crossing moves away from the scenes of multi-ethnic heteroglossia that have dominated the research, and turns instead to a setting affected by major conflict where the language of the traditional enemy has been introduced to secondary schools as part of a reconciliation initiative. This generates a radically different view of crossing and the environment in which it emerges: schooling counts more than popular culture; inter-generational links matter as much as peer relations; and 'technical redoing' is a more important key for crossing than 'make believe', 'contests', or 'ceremonials' (Goffman 1974). With a very different profile of this kind, crossing retains and extends its significance, pointing to a sociolinguistic practice that also occurs in official sites struggling with a legacy of violence and acute division. (Crossing, conflict legacy, language learning, classrooms, keying)∗

KW - crossing, conflict legacy, language learning, classrooms, keying

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85070558196&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1017/S0047404519000460

DO - 10.1017/S0047404519000460

M3 - Article

SN - 0047-4045

VL - 48

SP - 629

EP - 655

JO - Language in Society

JF - Language in Society

IS - 5

ER -