ERIC Number: EJ962941
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Dec
Pages: 32
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Toward a Multilingual Composition Scholarship: From English Only to a Translingual Norm
Horner, Bruce; NeCamp, Samantha; Donahue, Christiane
College Composition and Communication, v63 n2 p269-300 Dec 2011
Against the limitations English monolingualism imposes on composition scholarship, as evident in journal submission requirements, frequency of references to non-English medium writing, bibliographical resources, and their own past work, the authors argue for adopting a translingual approach to languages, disciplines, localities, and research traditions in the scholarship, and propose ways individuals, journals, conferences, and graduate programs might advance composition scholarship toward a translingual norm. The authors begin with a review of the current state of English monolingualism in composition scholarship through an analysis of journal publication practices and specific instances of scholarship, and they highlight what might be gained from adopting a multilingual approach to research and publication. They offer a preliminary definition of a "translingual" model of multilingualism that they believe would benefit composition scholarship, and they conclude with specific recommendations for how compositionists might pursue such a translingual approach in their work. (Contains 1 table and 21 notes.)
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Multilingualism, Monolingualism, Scholarship, Rhetoric, Writing for Publication, Citation Analysis, Second Languages, Second Language Instruction, Writing Research, Periodicals, Models
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