You are viewing content intended for a different location. This may affect your ability to shop online.

Our systems are now restored following recent technical disruption, and we’re working hard to catch up on publishing. We apologise for the inconvenience caused. Find out more

Recommended product

Popular links

Popular links


Translingual Discrimination

Translingual Discrimination

Translingual Discrimination

Author:
Sender Dovchin, Curtin University
Published:
December 2022
Availability:
Available
Format:
Paperback
ISBN:
9781009209731

Looking for an examination copy?

If you are interested in the title for your course we can consider offering an examination copy. To register your interest please contact collegesales@cambridge.org providing details of the course you are teaching.

$25.00 (P) USD
Paperback
$25.00 (Z) USD
eBook

    Moving beyond two main concepts of 'interlingual' and 'intralingual' discrimination, this Cambridge Element addresses the concept of 'translingual discrimination', which refers to inequality based on transnational migrants' specific linguistic and communicative repertoires that are (il)legitimized by the national order of things. Translingual discrimination adds intensity to transnational processes, with transnational migrants showing two main characteristics of exclusion - 'translingual name discrimination' and its associated elements such as 'name stigma' and 'name microaggression'; and 'translingual English discrimination' and its elements such as 'accentism', 'stereotyping' and 'hallucination'. The accumulation of these characteristics of translingual discrimination causes negative emotionality in its victims, including 'foreign language anxiety' and 'translingual inferiority complexes'. Consequently, transnational migrants adopt coping strategies such as 'CV whitening', 'renaming practices', 'purification', and 'ethnic evasion' while searching for translingual safe spaces. The Element concludes with the social and pedagogical implications of translingual discrimination in relation to transnational migrants.

    Product details

    • Published: December 2022
    • Format: Paperback
    • ISBN: 9781009209731
    • Length: 96 pages
    • Dimensions: 228 × 152 × 5 mm
    • Weight: 0.15kg
    • Availability: Available

    Table of Contents

    • 1. Translingual Discrimination
    • 2. Translingual Name Discrimination
    • 3. Translingual English Discrimination
    • 4. Translingual Discrimination and Emotionality
    • 5. The Implications of Translingual Discrimination
    • Appendix
    • References.

    Author

    Sender Dovchin , Curtin University