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Lanz, Helza Ricarte and Napoles, Juliane Noack (2015). Children's identities constructions and the Mehrraum. Lang. Dialogue, 5 (2). S. 247 - 264. AMSTERDAM: JOHN BENJAMINS PUBLISHING CO. ISSN 2210-4127

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Abstract

The aim of this paper is to achieve a better understanding of the impact of bilingualism on children, considering the dimensions of languages, language use and identity. Since 2009, we have been observing German-Brazilian children in an institutional out-of-home-setting in Bonn, Germany, as a case study. Our main question is: which role does bilingualism play in constructing children's identities? The research techniques are participant observation and informal interviews with families. The results show the need of an updated concept that enables us to understand interactions between languages, cultures and societies. This paper represents a work in progress and is submitted as a contribution to the wider ongoing project of developing the concept of Mehrraum as an added value space.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Lanz, Helza Ricarte UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Napoles, Juliane Noack UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-415137
DOI:	10.1075/ld.5.2.03lan
Journal or Publication Title:	Lang. Dialogue
Volume:	5
Number:	2
Page Range:	S. 247 - 264
Date:	2015
Publisher:	JOHN BENJAMINS PUBLISHING CO
Place of Publication:	AMSTERDAM
ISSN:	2210-4127
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Language & Linguistics Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/41513