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Pennycook, Alastair; Otsuji, Emi – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2014
Drawing on data recorded in two city markets, this article analyzes the language practices of workers and customers as they go about their daily business, with a particular focus on the ways in which linguistic resources, everyday tasks, and social spaces are intertwined in producing metrolingua francas. The aim of the article is to come to a…
Descriptors: Official Languages, Multilingualism, Language Usage, Second Languages