PUB - Publikationen an der Universität Bielefeld

Der Beitrag fokussiert, wie Sprechverbote in der Schule Sprechpraxen mehrsprachiger Personenprägen. Unter Einnahme einer raciolinguistic perspective wird durch episodisch-narrative Interviews aufgezeigt, welche Rolle Sprechverbote in Subjektivierungsprozessen einnehmen. Dabei wird betrachtet, inwiefern Sprechverbote sich als rassistische Praxis ausmachen lassen und adressierte Sprecher*innen als raciolinguistic Others – rassialisiert-sprachliche Andere – markieren. Der Versuch eines Entzugs dieser Markierung durch Interviewte zeigt sich insbesondere durch ein Betonen der Nutzung (nur) der deutschen Sprache, wobei Sprechverbote zeitgleich eine Legitimierung erfahren und als angemessen eingeordnet werden. “I had already gotten out of the habit of that in elementary school” – How (early) language bans shapethe use of non-German languagesThis article focuses on how language bans in school shape the language practices of plurilinguals. Adopting a raciolinguistic perspective, episodic narrative interviews are utilized to demonstrate the role that language bans play in processes of subjectivation. It will be discussed how far language bans can be identified as a racist practice and mark addressed speakers as raciolinguistic Others, that is racial and linguistic Others. The attempt of interviewees to withdraw from this positioning is particularly evident along an emphasis on the (exclusive) use of the German language, whereby language bans are legitimized and evaluated as appropriate.

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This article focuses on how language bans in school shape the language practices of plurilinguals. Adopting a raciolinguistic perspective, episodic narrative interviews are utilized to demonstrate the role that language bans play in processes of subjectivation. It will be discussed how far language bans can be identified as a racist practice and mark addressed speakers as raciolinguistic Others, that is racial and linguistic Others. The attempt of interviewees to withdraw from this positioning is particularly evident along an emphasis on the (exclusive) use of the German language, whereby language bans are legitimized and evaluated as appropriate.