Migration and Language

Abstract

Immigrant multilingualism is a highly politicized phenomenon. However, it might be argued that multilingualism is the most important consequence of human movement that is as old as humanity. Without language economic and political systems cannot function, people cannot communicate with each other, in short there can be no movement. Although the migration literature in social disciplines generally devotes very little space on multilingualism, starting with sociolinguistics, many sub-fields of linguistics have analyzed immigrant multilingualism for some decades now. In this article, the concept of multilingualism will be analyzed through these sub-fields. The connection between these fields and the current migration profile in Turkey today will be established through references to the Project, Contemporary Linguistic Diversity in Istanbul.

Keywords

• Multilingualism
• immigrant multilingualism
• linguistic diversity

Project Number

BAP-15561 (19D06SUP2)

Göç ve Dil

Abstract

Göçmen çokdilliliği oldukça politize edilmiş bir olgudur. Ancak insanlığın doğuşu kadar eski bir kavram olan çokdillilik göç hareketinin en önemli sonucudur denebilir. Dil olmadan ekonomik ve politik sistemler yürümez, insanlar birbirleriyle iletişime geçemez, kısacası hareket olmaz. Sosyal bilimlerdeki göç literatürü genel olarak dile çok kısıtlı bir yer ayırsa da başta toplumdilbilim (sociolinguistics) araştırmaları olmak üzere dilbilimin birçok alanı göçe bağlı çokdillilik kavramını birkaç onyıldır incelemektedir. Bu makalede çokdillilik kavramı dilbilimin bu alt alanları bakımından masaya yatırılacaktır. Bu alanların günümüz Türkiyesindeki göç profili ile ilgili bağlantıları ise İstanbul’da Çağdaş Dil Çeşitliliği adlı projenin bulguları yolu ile yapılacaktır.

Keywords

• göçmen çokdilliliği
• dil çeşitliliği
• çokdillilik

Supporting Institution

Boğaziçi Ün,versitesi

Project Number

BAP-15561 (19D06SUP2)

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