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6 - Multilingualism as Lived, Felt and Evolving through Dialogue and Melody of Life

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2022

By
Dat Bao  and
Phan Le Ha
Edited by
Gail Prasad ,
Nathalie Auger  and
Emmanuelle Le Pichon Vorstman
Gail Prasad
Affiliation:
York University, Toronto
Nathalie Auger
Affiliation:
University of Montpellier
Emmanuelle Le Pichon Vorstman
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
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Summary

Phan le Ha ’s childhood in Hanoi, Vietnam, brought her in contact with words, expressions and songs in Russian, French, Chinese and English in turn:  languages that were designated as the enemy's language, "alongside her mother tongue Vietnamese." In a duet with Bao Dat, they venture into a reflection on the hybridity and intertextuality of memories and languages rejecting colonial categorizations anchored in discourses of self and others.

Keywords

Proficiencymultilingual lived experiencemulti-competencesociocultural practicesmulti-tonguednessheteroglossiathird spacehybridityintertextualityintercultural empathy
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Multilingualism and Education
Researchers' Pathways and Perspectives
 , pp. 44 - 53
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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