Translinguistics

<p>Translinguistics represents a powerful alternative to conventional paradigms of language such as bilingualism and code-switching which assume the compartmentalization of different 'languages' into fixed and arbitrary boundaries. Translinguistics more accurately reflects the fluid use of linguistic and semiotic resources in diverse communities. </p><p>This ground-breaking volume showcases work from leading as well as emerging scholars in sociolinguistics and other language-oriented disciplines and collectively explores and aims to reconcile the distinction between 'innovation' and 'ordinariness' in translinguistics. Features of this book include:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>18 chapters from 28 scholars representing a range of academic disciplines and institutions from 11 countries around the world;</li> <p> </p> <li>research on understudied communities and geographic contexts including those of Latin America South Asia and Central Asia;</li> <p> </p> <li>several chapters devoted to the diversity of communication in digital contexts.</li> </ul><p>Edited by two of the most innovative scholars in the field <i>Translinguistics: Negotiating Innovation and Ordinarines</i>s is essential reading for scholars and students interested in the question of multilingualism across a variety of subject areas.</p>