Metrolingualism: fixity, fluidity and language in flux

By E. Otsuji, A. Pennycook. 2010

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Social inclusion and metrolingual practices (2011, background): “This paper draws attention to some specific relations between social inclusion, the commodification and definition of bi- and multilingualism and the ways in which metrolingualism (Otsuji and Pennycook 2010) unsettles these relations.”
Language and Superdiversity (2016, neutral): “…‘metrolingualism’ and ‘new ethnicities and language’ (Bakhtin 1981, 1984, Creese and Blackledge 2010, Harris 2006, Jørgensen 2008, 2010, Leppänen 2012, Madsen 2008, Otsuji and Pennycook 2010, Rampton 1995, 2011a) (for reviews, see Auer 2006, Quist and Jørgensen 2009, Rampton and Charalambous 2010).”
The language of ciencia: translanguaging and learning in a bilingual science classroom (2018, background): “…as was the case at Rivera), and designate particular instructional blocks as ‘Spanish time’ or ‘English time’, ignore the flexible, dynamic, and porous language boundaries that typify multilingual language users and their speech communities (Otsuji and Pennycook 2010; Urciuoli 1996; Zentella 1997).”
Networked multilingualism: Some language practices on Facebook and their implications (2015, background): “At the same time, a concern with ‘the ludic possibilities of the everyday’ (Otsuji & Pennycook, 2010: 246) permeates the literature on metrolingualism, polylanguaging and language crossing.”
Emergent bilingual students in secondary school: Along the academic language and literacy continuum (2013, background): “…flexible bilingualism (Blackledge & Creese 2010), plurilingualism (Council of Europe 2000), third spaces (Gutiérrez 2008), metrolingualism (Otsuji & Pennycook 2010; Pennycook 2010), fluid lects (Auer 1999), heterography (Blommaert 2008), hybrid language practices (Gutiérrez,…”