| dc.description.abstract | Youth multilingualism is an overarching notion that accounts for the dynamic macroand
micro-linguistic practices and interactions in contexts and spaces redefined by
cultural practices. It makes contributions to interactional sociolinguistic research, by
centring around young multilingual speaker's practices, with a focus on creativity,
identity and community of practice. This study demonstrates how youth
multilingualism emerges in interactions in a religious youth group. For the purpose of
this study, I collected interactional data from two youth groups belonging to His
People Pentecostal Church that reflects the use of language by young people while
taking into account their gender and race. The data was collected by means of audio
recordings that focused specifically on the young multilingual speakers' naturally
occurring talk. I made use of conversational analysis and stylization as an interlinked
framework to analyse the collected data. Furthermore, this study also made use of
interviews to further investigate language, gender and race at the church through the
eyes of both the youth leaders and the youth members. Finally, in this project, I argue
that in terms of language use, there is a large discrepancy between the two youth
groups and how they stylize their multilingualism. | |
