Publications

Publication details [#48866]

Spindler Moller, Janus. 2008. Polylingual Performance Among Turkish-Danes in Late-Modern Copenhagen. The International Journal of Multilingualism 5 (3) : 217–236.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingualism | dinner conversation | identity negotiation | performance1 | power

Language as a subject

Danish | Turkish

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This paper explores the interplay between polylingual behaviour during dinner time conversations between three young bilingual Turkish-Danish men living in Denmark, and other linguistic resources employed in e.g. performance with regard to local identity and power relation negotiation.