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Translanguaging Practices and Identity Construction of Multilinguals on Social Media

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Translanguaging Practices and Identity Construction of Multilinguals on Social Media

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Transnational movements are a fact of life in the globalizing world (Li, 2010).

In order to seek more lucrative opportunities and better educational resources for the next generation. Many people left their place of residence to another country, like U.S.A and U.K through immigration or labor export.

In an exotic environment, one's language system is highly active, constantly in a state of being tested, broken, and reconstructed. Of course, the reconstruction is not only about the language system, but also about identity recognition.

How bilingual or multilingual individuals with transnational backgrounds construct their translanguaging networks and how these translanguaging practices affect the construction of their identities have become a field worth studying.

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To express gratitude to as many listeners as possible and evoke emotional resonance by using the top two most populous languages in the world, Chinese and English.

Utilizing the ability of a multilingual to expand social influence.

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Tranlanguaging practices are not limited to a single language embodies the idea of building bridges between different cultures, and this approach can attract more viewers and followers from different language and cultural communities.

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Translanguaging, first used by Cen Williams referring to a pedagogical practice in the classroom context where the teacher and the student produce input and output using different named languages.

Li (2010) indicates that translanguaing is a process and is full range of linguistic performances of multilingual language users for purposes that transcend the combination of structures, the alternation between systems, the transmission of information and the representation of values, identities and relationships.

Seeing translanguaging as a process where speakers use their full linguistic repertoire to gain knowledge, to express oneself and to communicate with others. It not only refers to the application of language knowledge, such as listening, speaking, reading and writing, but also involving the expression of personal values and presentation of identity.

He expressed dissatisfaction with monolingual ideology and challenged the traditional view of language being discrete and separate. Proposing that, unlike code switching, the use of translanguaging is more flexible and fluid. It is a natural mobilization of a person's language resources and reflects a person's communication strategy, as well as the integrated and comprehensive nature of language use.

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Translanguaing space is a space for the act of translanguaging as well as a space created through translanguaging (Li, 2010).

This space is composed of bilinguals and multilinguals using translanguaging practices. While constructing such a space, they are also constructing their own identities.

It is a space where the process of ‘‘cultural translation’’ ( Bhabba, 1994 ) takes place; it is not a space where different identities, values and practices simply co-exist, but combine together to generate new identities, values and practices.

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Translanguaging Practices Shown in A Street Interview

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Translanguaging Practices Shown in A Street Interview

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Some moments that need attention:

3s. The interviewer(M) started the conversation in English and the interviewee(W) answered in English too.

14s.

M: Do you speak Chinese?

W: (with almost no pause) 我会，我父母是中国人的。（I do, my parents are Chinese）

In the subsequent conversation, the language used in their conversation is a mixture of Chinese and English. And through conversation, the interviewer got the information that the interviewee came to Korea to participate in the summer school at Yonsei university.

52s.

M: Yo I'm from Yonsei~I am your 선배(senior).

By using this word, the interviewee meant to bring each other closer and express his identity.

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A method to analyze the translanguaging practices

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A method to analyze the translanguaging practices

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The concept of "Moment Analysis" is introduced to capture seemingly impromptu actions that hold significant semiotic meaning for the individuals involved. This approach seeks to understand the immediate actions of multilingual language users, examining the reasons behind these spontaneous performances and their consequences.

Mark the influential moments that typically has a certain transformative power during a conversation, such as influencing the atmosphere and content of subsequent conversations. These original, momentary actions, or innovative moments, become patterns by being recognised, adopted and repeated by the other individuals(Li, 2010).

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The Identity Construction of Multilinguals

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The Identity Construction of Multilinguals

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How identity Construction is related to Translanguaging Practices?

Multilingual individuals shape their identities through linguistic and cultural practices, influenced by the context of their social and historical experiences. Translanguaging empowers them to utilize their entire linguistic repertoire, facilitating the expression of their identities and the negotiation of social relationships.

These identities are not fixed or singular but are instead vibrant and intricate, reflecting the dynamic nature of individuals in their linguistic and cultural diversity (Li, 2013).

What are the features of the identity construction of multilinguals?

a. Multilingual individuals actively construct and adapt their socio-cultural identities and values, responding critically to historical and present conditions. b. Language mixing is a vital component of their multilingual identity, showcasing a keen eagerness to establish varied identities. c. Multilingual individuals desire to showcase multiple identities in order to expand their translanguaging networks and social community.

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Wei, L. (2011). Moment analysis and translanguaging space: Discursive construction of identities by multilingual Chinese youth in Britain. Journal of pragmatics, 43(5), 1222-1235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2010.07.035

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Moment analysis and translanguaging space Discursive construction of identities by multilingual Chinese youth in Britain.

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Li, W., & Zhu, H. (2013). Translanguaging identities and ideologies: Creating transnational space through flexible multilingual practices amongst Chinese university students in the UK. Applied linguistics, 34(5), 516-535. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amt022