Publications
Publication details [#53710]
Pennycook, Alastair and Emi Otsuji. 2010. Metrolingualism: fixity, fluidity and language in flux. The International Journal of Multilingualism 7 (3) : 240–254. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
Routledge
Annotation
This study proposes the notion of metrolingualism, describing the ways in which modern (often urban) people from different and mixed backgrounds employ, play with and negotiate both fixed and fluid linguistic and cultural identities identities via language use.