Language as a diasporic stance
Polish in a migrant urban space
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3635101 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Goldstein (0000-0002-5068-3263, corresponding author), Piotr Goldstein, Yaron Matras (0000-0002-9840-0277) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1143-1159 |
| Publication date | 2025-03-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Community (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-9586 • E-ISSN: 1469-9451 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1369183x.2024.2368846 |
| OpenAlex | W4400319940 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 37 |
Drawing on an evaluation of statistics on language provisions and self-declared language practice, and on longitudinal ethnographic observations, we examine the role of the Polish language in shaping single transactions and durable social bonds and in demarcating interaction spaces among Polish immigrants in a UK metropolitan area. Language choice can be essential, in that it cannot be replaced by a substitute. Therefore, it is either constitutive of an action routine in the sense that it lends a particular performative character to a practice; or casual, in that it accompanies a routine but is of little symbolic function and contributes little to performing belonging. We identify a spread of features of language across different practices, prompting reflection on the role of language as a co-defining indicator of diaspora communities
Casual · Diaspora · Ethnography · Function (biology · Immigration · Linguistics · Metropolitan area · Performative utterance · Political science · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · History · Law · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Multilingual Education and Policy
Metrolingualism
After Empire
Ethnography, Superdiversity and Linguistic Landscapes
City, Street and Citizen
Distinction
Defining the position of ‘community’ in the study of linguistic landscapes
Ethnic Bonding and Homing Desires
Global Diasporas
Polish Migration to the UK in the ‘New’ European Union
Multilingualism in a post-industrial city
Only a mouse click away from home
Polish shop(ping) as Translanguaging Space
Polish ‘Temporary’ Migration
Post-Yugoslav Everyday Activism(s)
Community as urban practice
Actors’ discourses on language supplementary schools
Negotiation of normality and identity among migrants from Eastern Europe to the United Kingdom after 2004
Comparing convivialities
Gossiping in the Polish Club
Contesting Cultural Communities
The place which is diaspora
Racism and xenophobia experienced by Polish migrants in the UK before and after Brexit vote
The Migration Industry and Civil Society
Feeling Special
The ritualisation of food, home and national identity among Polish migrants in London
Migration and a quest for 'normalcy'. Polish migrant mothers and the capitalization of meritocratic opportunities in the UK
Leavers and stayers discuss returning home
Becoming Polish in London
Super-diversity and its implications
The 'diaspora' diaspora
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |