Original scientific paper
The Evolution of Multilingualism in Movies: from Portraying Exclusion from Society Through Negative Stereotyping in GoldenEye (1995) to Code-Switching in The Hate U Give (2018)
Lara Braun
Abstract
Negative stereotyping on the basis of language, a practice called linguicism, has a long history. While this happens almost everywhere, the focus of this essay will be on the English-speaking world. As negative stereotyping is an important societal issue, code-switching and multilingualism are not missing in movies and TV shows. However, film presentation of this phenomenon has changed significantly over the decades. This paper traces this shift through two examples: the classic James Bond movie GoldenEye, from 1995, and the 2018
coming-of-age drama The Hate U Give. While the older film features negative characterizations of multilingual speakers, the newer drama examines code-switching as a strategy for survival and self-expression.
Keywords
Multilingualism; Code-Switching; Linguicism; Film Studies; James Bond; The Hate U Give
Hrčak ID:
340938
URI
Publication date:
11.12.2025.
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