Vortrag Jean-Marc Dewaele
Donnerstag, 21. Oktober 2010, Institut für Mehrsprachigkeit, 17.15 - 18.45, Raum K0.02
Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Jean-Marc Dewaele, Birkbeck College, University of London zu folgendem Thema:
Code-switching in emotional outbursts: an emic perspective
Vortrag in französischer Sprache. Flyer
Zusammenfassung in Englisch:
The present study investigates the effect of type of interlocutor and conversation topic on self-reported frequency of code-switching (CS) among 1453 multilinguals who filled out a web based questionnaire with closed and open questions (Dewaele & Pavlenko, 2001-2003) and among 20 multilinguals who were interviewed about their CS practices. Previous research suggested that CS is linked to strong emotions (Dewaele, 2008, 2010).
A statistical analysis of the quantitative data revealed that self-reported CS is reported to be much more frequent when talking about more emotional topics with familiar interlocutors compared to neutral topics being discussed with unknown interlocutors. An analysis of the feedback on the open questions in the web questionnaire and the interview data confirmed the findings of the quantitative analysis while adding rich detail about the multiple reasons behind CS, as well as the direction of the CS.
Strong emotional arousal seems to force the speaker from monolingual into bilingual language mode with more frequent CS (Grosjean, 2001).
References
DEWAELE, J.-M. (2008). The emotional weight of ‘I love you’ in multilinguals’ languages. Journal of Pragmatics, 40, 1753–1780.
DEWAELE, J.-M. (2010). Emotions in Multiple Languages. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
DEWAELE, J.-M., & PAVLENKO, A. (2001-2003). Web questionnaire Bilingualism and Emotions. University of London.
GROSJEAN, F. (2001). The bilingual’s language modes. In J. Nicol (Ed.), One mind, Two languages: Bilingual language processing (pp. 1–22). Oxford: Blackwell.