Title:

Bakhtin’s ‘Borrowed’ Voices in the Narratives of Polish-born Adolescents Living in the UK

Creator:

Young, Sara

Publisher:

Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Place of publishing:

Kraków

Date issued/created:

2020

Subject and Keywords:

Bakhtin ; identity ; adolescents ; narrative

Abstract:

Bakhtin’s theory of ‘heteroglossia’ has often been used in sociolinguistics to examine questions of multilingualism. However, his concept of ‘borrowed’ voices is also useful for work that investigates identity, especially in the investigation of participant narratives. In my study of ethnic-linguistic identity construction of Polish-born adolescents living in the UK, I draw on the concept of borrowed voices to explore how the adolescents shape their narratives of their experiences. The findings suggest that the adolescents’ accounts are informed by the voices of others around them and that they borrow from discourses on Polish identity as they attempt to make sense of their experiences in their new environments.

Relation:

Socjolingwistyka

Volume:

34

Start page:

231

End page:

243

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

PDF

Resource Identifier:

10.17651/SOCJOLING.34.14

Language:

eng

Language of abstract:

eng

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

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Access:

Open