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Domestic Workers Talk
- Language Use and Social Practices in a Multilingual Workplace
Engelsk Paperback
Domestic Workers Talk
- Language Use and Social Practices in a Multilingual Workplace
Engelsk Paperback

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Set in a multilingual cleaning company that serves Anglophone customers in the upper-(middle) class suburbs of New York City, this book presents an ethnographic study into power, language policy and communication from the perspectives of the Brazilian–American employer as well as the company’s Hispanophone and Lusophone employees. Power asymmetries in internal communication demonstrate the employer’s legitimated domination over her employees and her L1 Portuguese as a form of linguistic capital. Employees’ resourcefulness and multicompetence – rather than quantifiable levels of English-language proficiency – determine the extent to which they rely on language brokering to facilitate communication with their customers, directly impacting their agency. The book contributes to current debates on extra-linguistic modes of communication in multilingual settings and thematic analyses of care work, migration, communication and the role of English.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
168
ISBN-13:
9781800416741
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1800416741
Udg. Dato:
16 jan 2024
Længde:
13mm
Bredde:
234mm
Højde:
155mm
Forlag:
Multilingual Matters
Oplagsdato:
16 jan 2024
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