Between ideologies and realities : Multilingual competence in a languagised world
Ruuska, K. (2016). Between ideologies and realities : Multilingual competence in a languagised world. Applied Linguistics Review, 7(3), 353-374. https://doi.org/10.1515/applirev-2016-0015
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© Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2016. This is a final draft version of an article whose final and definitive form has been published by De Gruyter Mouton. Published in this repository with the kind permission of the publisher.
Recent developments in sociolinguistics and applied linguistics have put
emphasis on the contrast between ideologies of distinct ‘languages’ and the multifaceted
reality of linguistic practices. This article argues that recent usage-based
reconceptualisations of the notions of competence and repertoire can help paint a
more complex picture of the relationship between monolingual ‘ideologies’ and
diverse linguistic ‘realities’. Drawing on data from interviews with highly proficient
adult speakers of Finnish as a second language, I explore some aspects of how
speakers’ competence can be understood as shaped by language use, and what role
linguistic ideologies, social expectations and speakers’ environments play in this
process. I conclude that, in a languagised world, the ability to keep ‘languages’ apart
and to successfully display monolingual competence can be seen as part of multilingual
speakers’ competence. In this way, a usage-based perspective on competence
enables us to treat ‘languages’ as ideological constructs, while at the same
time acknowledging their ‘real’ effects on speakers’ competence and language use.
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