Santello, M (2017) ‘Quella era veramente è Little Italy, la nostra Little Italy’: multiple centres, cultural presence and the articulation of spaces of speech from Tasmania. Language in Society, 46 (2). pp. 207-230. ISSN 0047-4045
Abstract
This article examines the intersections between migrant experiences, multilingual practices, and the creation of space. It does so by focusing on Italians who migrated to Tasmania, a group that has long been isolated from the rest of the Italian diaspora. Using an ethnographic approach within a constructivist framework, this research shows that when experiences of movement are recounted in interaction they bring about spaces of speech that are possible thanks to the articulation of local and transnational ‘centres’, which in turn are intertwined with a rich set of linguistic resources. These resources include code-choice, codeswitching, and intentional exposure of phonological variation, and are variously combined to allow the emergence of spaces for people to move through. Spaces of speech are thus situated interactional spaces where acts of (re)telling are related to centres as spatial resources through which not only social meaning is created but also location and locution are mutually constitutive. (Spaces of speech, centres, cultural presence, Italian, Tasmania).
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Cambridge University Press 2017. This is an author produced version of a paper accepted for publication in revised form in Language in Society (https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/language-in-society). End-users may view and download the material for private research and study only. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures & Societies (Leeds) > Linguistics & Phonetics (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 26 Jan 2017 15:43 |
Last Modified: | 26 May 2017 14:22 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/S0047404517000033 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:111220 |