Call deadline: October 20th , 2024
Submit a Manuscript for a Special Issue to the International Journal of Play on Many Roles, Many Languages - Emergent Multilingualism in Children’s Role Play
Role play is a natural joint interaction in which children perform a variety of social roles (Katerbow, 2013). Although definitions and labels (e.g. imaginative/pretend/dramatic/game play) differ, scholars agree upon the potential of studying role play in bi- and multilingual contexts (Dunn, 2003; Schwarz, 2021). Indeed, present day’s globalized society has boosted diverse forms of bi- and multilingualism, leaving children with linguistic resources from two, three or more languages to draw upon in their role play interactions (Shoecraft, 2018). Being child-led, these interactions thus provide a window on young learners’ emerging links between language(s) (varieties) and particular roles (e.g. English for teachers vs. Patwa for farmers; Paugh, 2019; see also Schuring et al., 2024).