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MacDonald, Malcolm (2016) Editorial [in Language and Intercultural Communication]. Language and Intercultural Communication, 16 (4). pp. 515-518. doi:10.1080/14708477.2016.1211363
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Abstract
In our complex global ecology of language flows, semiotic shifts and cultural exchanges, the internationalisation of education has led not only to large movements of students living for a considerable length of time in different national cultures, but also to language teachers travelling to other countries in order to share their ‘native’ language(s) and culture(s)with the learners they encounter. Meanwhile, systems of signs and symbols converge and compete dynamically with the intermingling of different ethnic and institutional groups in the schools and cityscapes of our modern urban spaces. In order to investigate these phenomena, it is often necessary to translate cultural meanings from one symbol system to another. However, as we all know, exact equivalence between languages often eludes us. This creates a moment of tension in translation which we often see as a problem or a challenge. But could it also be possible that such a moment of ‘untranslatability’ could also provide us with an opportunity? This rich set of themes is addressed by our contributors to this, the final issue of the sixteenth volume of LAIC.
| Item Type: | Journal Item | ||||
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| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Intercultural communication | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Language and Intercultural Communication | ||||
| Publisher: | Routledge | ||||
| ISSN: | 1470-8477 | ||||
| Official Date: | 25 September 2016 | ||||
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| Volume: | 16 | ||||
| Number: | 4 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 515-518 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/14708477.2016.1211363 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 4 April 2019 | ||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 4 April 2019 |
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