Valentine "Language use on the move: sites of encounter, identities and belonging"

Question 1

What does Valentine describe about young Somali people?

Answer 1

• Young Somali people in the UK that fled their home country
• You need to understand the language to understand the community. You come up with a way of communicating that suits the place
• By switching language you can be in or out of place. This does something with emotion and affect.

Question 2

What does Valentine mean with fluid understandings?

Answer 2

Different communities of practice can meet in one person. You change by a different way of communicating.

Friendship groups can be different communities of practice. Every group has different expectations and so the sense of belonging can change.

Question 3

What does Valentine mean by mutual exclusion?

Answer 3

You need the self and the other. Othering can only happen if you reinforce the self.

By using a language you can undermine authority.