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Title: The travel of the ‘tongue’ through time and space: a case study of translanguaging in the Macanese food
Authors: Han, Lili 
Prof. WEN Zhisheng, Edward 
Wu, Hui 
Issue Date: 2024
Source: Global Chinese, 2024, vol. 10(1), pp. 1-19.
Journal: Global Chinese 
Abstract: The Proto-Indo-European root of the word ‘language’ is dnghū, which means ‘tongue’. Though the concept of ‘translanguaging’ has received enormous research enthusiasm in recent years in both theoretical conceptualization and pedagogical applications, most research has focused on its prefix ‘trans-ʼ (i.e., the boundary-breaking ideology) and its suffix ‘-ing’ (i.e., the on-going process), while its stem ‘-language-’, that is, the ‘tongue’ itself has received less attention. In the current paper, we aim to explore how translanguaging is enacted in the Macanese food (e.g., Fat Tea, or Chá Gordo in Portuguese) through absorbing and mixing multiple flavors or tongues, including Portuguese, Malaysian, Indian, Japanese, Cantonese and some African cuisines. In particular, we highlight their diversifying fusion tastes by tracing the Portuguese maritime expansion itinerary routes alongside their multilingual naming practices (Bacalhau, Minchi, African Chicken) in tandem with the transcending memories (from the past to the present). Overall, it is argued that through the analytical lens of the translanguaging perspective, the tongues between the tastes of the food and the languages spoken allow us to peer into the critical values, identities and relationships of the multilingual Macanese group in Macao.
Type: Peer Reviewed Journal Article
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11861/9678
ISSN: 2199-4382
DOI: 10.1515/glochi-2023-0031
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