ERIC Number: EJ1133402
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Publication Date: 2017-Mar
Pages: 33
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Uneven Distribution of Resources in the Youth Linguascapes of Mongolia
Dovchin, Sender
Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, v36 n2 p147-179 Mar 2017
Drawing on offline and online casual interactions in the context of youth in Mongolia, on the Asian periphery, this article looks at youth mixed language practices from the perspective of "linguascapes" in order to capture the current flows of transnational linguistic resources in relation to other social landscapes. The study seeks to contribute to current discussions of the sociolinguistics of globalization by investigating to what extent and in what way resources make up linguascapes among youth groups with different access to resources. The main implication of this study is that youth linguascapes in Mongolia are fundamentally diverse, as a result of the combination of varied transcultural resources. At the same time, these resources are unevenly distributed and unequally localized.
Descriptors: Language Usage, Global Approach, Sociolinguistics, Foreign Countries, Ethnography, Discourse Analysis, Code Switching (Language), College Students, Japanese, English (Second Language), Languages, Interpersonal Relationship, Computer Mediated Communication, Social Media
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Identifiers - Location: Mongolia
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