Beyond Language Boundaries: Multimodal Use in Multilingual Contexts
Marta Fernández-Villanueva, "Beyond Language Boundaries: Multimodal Use in Multilingual Contexts"
English | ISBN: 3110456400 | 2016 | 264 pages | EPUB | 10 MB
English | ISBN: 3110456400 | 2016 | 264 pages | EPUB | 10 MB
The way speakers in multilingual contexts develop own varieties in their interactions sheds light on code switching and multimodal dynamic co-constructions of grammar in use. This volume explores the intersection of multimodality and language use of multilingual speakers.
Firstly, theoretical frames are discussed and empirical studies involving Catalan, German and Spanish as L1, L2 or FL are presented interconnecting verbal and gestural modalities into grammar description or exploring actions as sources for gestures, which may nonverbally represent the argument in German dynamic motion verbs. Other chapters focus on positionings in interviews, lexical access searches or proxemics in greetings and farewells.
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