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African immigrants and sojourners in Europe: multilingual (mis)communication I 
Convenor:
Christian Mair (University of Freiburg)
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Format:
Panel
Stream:
Development of Colonial Languages
Location:
Room 1234
Sessions:
Friday 10 June, -
Time zone: Europe/Berlin

Short Abstract:

The panel will study mobile multilingualism among African immigrants in Europe, exploring the role of language in community formation among immigrants and in communication between immigrants and resident populations, bringing together perspectives from sociolinguistics and cultural anthropology.

Long Abstract:

The past two decades have seen considerable increase in immigration from Africa to Europe. This has further diversified existing postcolonial multilingualism in countries such as the UK and France and established entirely new multilingual ecologies in places such as Germany and Scandinavia, which did not experience a large influx of African migrants in the period following World War II. The panel will focus on how immigrants' and sojourners' multilingual repertoires change and adapt in these new environments. Thereby, the focus will be on the following questions:

- What is the role of language(s) in community formation among Africans in the European diaspora?

- What is the role of traditional colonial linguistic aligments (e.g. Anglophone-Francophone) in non-English/French-speaking Europe?

- What is the role of indigenous African lingua francas (e.g. Wolof, Lingala), of pidgins/creoles (e.g. English-lexifier West African Pidgin in its various dialects), or other non-traditional hybrid and urban vernaculars (e.g. Camfranglais)?

- Which factors impact on the ethnolinguistic vitality of African heritage languages in the European context?

- What, finally, is the role of English in lingua-franca interaction between immigrants and the resident population in non-English speaking European countries?

In addition to (socio)linguistic studies, we invite contributions that explore the role of languages and multilingualism in the wider social and political context, for example with regard to racialisation, cultural identity and citizenship.

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Session 1 Friday 10 June, 2022, -
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