Wei, L;
Hua, Z;
(2019)
Tranßcripting: playful subversion with Chinese characters.
International Journal of Multilingualism
, 16
(2)
pp. 145-161.
10.1080/14790718.2019.1575834.
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Abstract
This article discusses a relatively under-explored phenomenon that we call Tranßcripting – writing, designing and digitally generating new scripts with elements from different scriptal and semiotic systems. The data are drawn from examples of such scripts created by multilingual Chinese users in everyday online social interaction. We analyse the dynamic processes of how such scripts are created that transcend language boundaries as well as transforming the subjectivities of the writer and the reader. We are particularly interested in the playful subversiveness of such practices, and discuss it against the background of uni-scriptal language ideology in China. We are also interested in the methodological challenges of researching such practices, including the challenge of drawing distinctions between the ‘ordinary’ and the ‘unordinary’. We analyse the data from a translanguaging perspective.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Tranßcripting: playful subversion with Chinese characters |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14790718.2019.1575834 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1080/14790718.2019.1575834 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Culture, Communication and Media |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10072970 |
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