25.512, Books: Mind Your Languages: Bahtina-Jantsikene

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Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 10:38:51
From: Martine Paulissen [lot at uu.nl]
Subject: Mind Your Languages: Bahtina-Jantsikene

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Title: Mind Your Languages 
Subtitle: Lingua Receptiva in Estonian-Russian communication 
Series Title: LOT Dissertation series  

Publication Year: 2013 
Publisher: Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke (LOT)
	   http://www.lotpublications.nl/

Book URL: http://www.lotpublications.nl/index3.html 

Author: Daria Bahtina-Jantsikene

Paperback: ISBN:  9789460931215 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 20.65

Abstract:

This dissertation explores the hidden potential of lingua receptiva (LaRa) – a
multilingual mode of communication in which interlocutors speak their own
language and master the language of the other well enough to understand what
is said to them. This mode is often assumed to be possible only with closely
related languages that are mutually intelligible, a situation called inherent
LaRa. The novelty of this study stems from the fact that the focus is on
acquired LaRa, in which mutual understanding is also possible across language
families thanks to advanced second language learning, and that lingua
receptiva is studied in an experimental setting. The results show that LaRa
involving native speakers of Estonian and Russian is an efficient
communicative mode. Pairs of participants managed to create common ground
(i.e., reach alignment), especially when they actively monitored the other’s
understanding. Communication partners `minded' their languages through the use
of a range of meta-communicative devices, tuned to the communicative demands,
and the interlocutors’ combined L2 proficiencies. Importantly, even pairs with
limited L2 proficiencies were able to reach mutual understanding, sometimes
even `outscoring’ linguistically more advanced pairs. Level of exposure and
positive attitudes to L2 appear to promote success. Whenever L2 proficiencies
did not guarantee successful communication, alignment was aided by additional
means, such as code-switching and relaxing the grammaticality norms. LaRa is
recommended as an alternative mode of multilingual interaction. Equipped with
plurilingual repertoires and communicative skills, LaRa users can build enough
common ground even with quite limited linguistic resources.

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Discourse Analysis

Subject Language(s): Estonian (est)
                     Russian (rus)

Written In: English  (eng)

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