Panicacci, Alessandra and Dewaele, Jean-Marc (2018) Do interlocutors or conversation topics affect migrants’ sense of feeling different when switching languages? Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 39 (3), pp. 240-255. ISSN 1747-7557.
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Abstract
A majority of multilinguals report feeling different when switching languages (Dewaele, 2016; Panicacci & Dewaele, 2017). The present study focuses on feelings of difference when switching languages with specific categories of interlocutors (strangers, colleagues, friends, family, partner) and when discussing specific types of topics (neutral, personal, emotional). Statistical analyses revealed that 468 Italian migrants living in English-speaking countries feel more different when they use English to discuss emotional topics with less familiar interlocutors. Subsequent interviews with 5 participants and data from a survey open question pointed at migrants’ affective socialisation within the new cultural environment, cultural orientation and other unique personal aspects as potential causes for this phenomenon.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis, available online at the link above. |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication |
| Depositing User: | Jean-Marc Dewaele |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Oct 2017 06:02 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Aug 2023 12:42 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/19904 |
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