Convergence on Dominant Language Constellations: World Englishes in their local multilingual ecologies (CODILAC)
In CODILAC we compare the role of English in seven representative and heterogenous multilingual world regions comprising Botswana, Cebu City (the Philippines), Cyprus, Kurdistan Region (Iraq), Lagos (Nigeria), North-East India, and Tanzania.
The project has the main aim of investigating common sociolinguistic patterns and outcomes of language contact, migration, and globalization, but is also interested in the unique local characteristics and differences. The theoretical framework is based on the concepts of multilingual ecologies, language repertoires, and Dominant Language Constellations (DLCs).
With the help of local informants, our data collection is informed by questionnaires and personal interviews, in order to produce comprehensive and comparable data sets that are enriched with extensive socio-economic background, ethnographic, and language use information.
The subprojects
- Cyprus: “English within the multilingual ecology of divided Cyprus”. PIs: Sarah Buschfeld, Manuela Vida Mannl (TU Dortmund University)
- Northeast India: “English as a local lingua franca in the multilingual ecology of Northeast India”. PI: Robert Fuchs (University of Bonn)
- Tanzania: “English in the multilingual ecologies of Tanzania”. PI: Roland Kießling (University of Hamburg).
- Kurdistan Region: “The Kurdistan Region’s language ecology: The shift from Kurdish to English”. PI: Ludwig Paul (University of Hamburg).
- Botswana: “English in the multilingual ecologies of Botswana”. PI: Sheena Shah (University of Hamburg).
- Lagos: “English in selected Local Government Areas of the multilingual ecology of Lagos (Nigeria)”. PI: Henning Schreiber (University of Hamburg).
- Cebu City: “English in the multilingual ecology of the Philippines: Exploring the sociolinguistics of Cebu City”. PI: Peter Siemund (University of Hamburg).
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