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symbolic competence: a standalone construct

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Second language acquisition

multilingual speakers' ability to play with and reshape the symbolic meanings, histories and power relations attached to the languages they use.

In second language acquisition, symbolic competence refers to multilingual speakers' ability to play with and reshape the symbolic meanings, histories and power relations attached to the languages they use. This meaning comes from Kramsch (2008) in Applied Linguistics.[1]

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acquisition4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs competence5 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, five constructs play4 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Kramsch, C., & Whiteside, A. (2008). Language Ecology in Multilingual Settings. Towards a Theory of Symbolic Competence. Applied Linguistics, 29(4), 645-671. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amn022

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