Pure' Farsi and political sensitivities

Language and ideologies in Farsi complementary language classrooms in Denmark

Bibliographic Data

ID3650323
AuthorsMartha Sif Karrebæk (0000-0001-7742-3077, University of Copenhagen Denmark), Narges Ghandchi (0000-0002-9273-5674, University of Copenhagen Denmark)
Year2015
Volume19
Issue1
Pages62-90
Publication date2015-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Sociolinguistics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1360-6441 • E-ISSN: 1467-9841
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/josl.12106
OpenAlexW2122569749
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited39

This paper presents an insight into two Farsi complementary language classrooms in Copenhagen, Denmark, characterised by political sensitivities. We illustrate a number of characteristic features of the classrooms concerning language use, pedagogical methods and cultural phenomena, which were related to key adults' preferences, and we consider possible interpretations of them as indexical signs. In particular, we emphasise ideological interpretations (e.g. the monolingualism norm and language purism) and we relate the classroom characteristics to the contemporary state of Iran as well as to the time and place in which the classes occurred. We analyse both explicit metapragmatic messages and implicit ways of indicating ideologies, and see both types as characterised by avoidance of particular referents, that is, by unmentionables

Epistemology · Ideology · Indexicality · Language ideology · Linguistics · Norm (philosophy · Political science · Politics · Sociolinguistics · Sociology · Gender Studies in Language · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Psychology · Second Language Learning and Teaching

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