AllФаBeet: A Glimpse into a Multilingual Writer’s Kitchen
AllФаBeet: A Glimpse into a Multilingual Writer’s Kitchen

Summary/Abstract: In the multilingual writer’s kitchen, poems are cooking. How does the author deal with several languages and how are word and language choices made? This article discusses the journey of the author from standardized, socially accepted monolingual norms to free multilingual writing, factors which might influence the writer in the writing process, and how the writer explains or creates references to the multilingual text, as well as the importance of language nomadism and variation in polyglot writing. Three strategies are identified on the basis of cooking techniques: in the turta or pie strategy, the author writes a monolingual text and then fills it with multilingual words; in tthe meze or appetizer method, writing is multilingual from the beginning; and in the güveç or hot pot strategy, writing is both multilingual and mixed from beginning to end. This study is an artistic-scholarly effort to discern and explore the creative processes and strategies of a multilingual author.

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