langage
“Communication is about what is received, not what is intended. If there is a gap between what you are saying and what they are hearing, you have to find a new way to say it.”
Babelification
Language, as a social instrument, is more than its content. It’s also a signifier defining the speaker. Therefore language, whether expressed as slang, dialects, patois, or accents, is a marker of cultural identity. The language you use signals to other people: am I like you? Do we come from the same place? Do we share perspectives? I... See more
Language, as a social instrument, is more than its content. It’s also a signifier defining the speaker. Therefore language, whether expressed as slang, dialects, patois, or accents, is a marker of cultural identity. The language you use signals to other people: am I like you? Do we come from the same place? Do we share perspectives? I... See more
Standard Language Ideology Complex (SLIC)
Standard language : langugage has one best variety that is more legitimate than other devalued varieties (i.e. specific accent)
One-nation-one-language : the natural state of a society is to be monolingual (common language within nation as key identity marker)
Language purity : stability and integrity of natio
La Construction sociale de la réalité (Berger et Luckmann)
Le langage nous a été imposé par le groupe responsable de notre socialisation première. Grâce à cette dernière, il nous est possible d’organiser le monde, de lui conférer du sens, de développer notre pensée et d’interpréter notre propre existence. Elle existe indépendamment de nous et, en l’
... See moreto the extent that we are identified as a ‘self’, we are merely a performance of the possibilities latent in language.
Andrew Spira • The Invention of the Self
1 The process of acquiring language is deeply affected by the process of becoming a competent member of society. 2 The process of becoming a competent member of society is realized to a large extent through language.
Laura M. Ahearn • Living Language
Demande de subvention : acquisition L2
Prédicteurs à l’acquisition et compétence d’une langue seconde (L2)
Physiological factors
RSA (respiratory sinus arrhytmia)
Psychological social factors
Integrative motivation = motivation à apprendre L2 + positive affect towards L2 community
Interpersonal factors
Social contact = quality/richness of contact + self-
Parler français et “parler québécois”
Processus de racisation qui s’ancre dans la langue, racisme post-colonialiste
Écho des femmes, racisme QBF
Décolonisation de la langue
L'écrivain et penseur kényan Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o plaide pour la décolonisation de la langue dans la production du savoir et de la culture. Parler dans la langue du colonisateur, c'est penser dans sa langue et donc, à partir de sa perspective. La seule façon de s'en affranchir est d'abandonner les langues coloniales et de p
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