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ONeill, Gary Thomas – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2017
This ethnographic case study examines the factors that contribute to multilingual choices and the construction of identities in a linguistically diverse family within a linguistically diverse city, Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Based on interviews with a female Emirati in her early thirties, the article examines this young woman's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Concept, Ethnic Diversity, Cultural Pluralism
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Negretti, Raffaella; Garcia-Yeste, Miguel – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2015
Research on the role of language in multilingual workplaces, where English is often adopted as a lingua franca (ELF), shows that language practices influence socialization and interpersonal communication, frequently creating issues such as asymmetrical sharing of information, language clusters, or thin communication. Similarly to other…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Work Environment
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Hultgren, Anna Kristina – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2014
This paper aims to contribute to the study of multilingualism in the workplace by analysing top-down language policies advocating parallellingualism at Denmark's eight universities. Parallellingualism, a key concept in Nordic language policy, has been suggested as a way to ensure an equitable balance between English and the Nordic language(s)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Planning, Universities, Multilingualism