| Beyond the Mother Tongue examines distinct forms of multilingualism, such as writing in one socially unsanctioned"e,mother tongue"e, about another language (Franz Kafka), mobilizing words of foreign derivation as part of a multilingual constellation within one language (Theodor W. Adorno), producing an oeuvre in two separate languages simultaneously (Yoko Tawada), and mixing different languages, codes, and registers within one text (Feridun Zaimoglu). |
