Linguistic ethnography provides insight into how communication occurs between individuals and institutions, while situating these local actions within wider social, political and historical contexts (Copland & Creese, 2015) and has proven to be a particularly effective tool for developing our understanding of individuals’ lived multilingual realities (see Unamuno, 2014) and societal multilingualism. Turning the ‘reflexive gaze’ that is central to ethnography (Clifford & Marcus, 1986) back onto linguistic ethnography itself, we argue that where complex multilingual interactions are the object of study, more attention must be given to how multilingualism affects each aspect of the process of actually doing linguistic ethnography. In this paper we outline the development of three principles that we put forward as being essential in developing and conducting contemporary linguistic ethnography in multilingual settings. The principles are: 1) Researching multilingually; 2) Researching collaboratively; and 3) Researching responsively.

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多语言研究的方法论原则：对语言民族志的反思

语言民族志深入了解个人与机构之间的交流方式，同时将这些地方行为置于更广泛的社会、政治和历史背景中（Copland & Creese，2015 年），并且已被证明是一种特别有效的工具，可帮助我们了解个人的生活。多语言现实（见 Unamuno，2014 年）和社会多语言。将人种学核心的“反思性凝视”（Clifford & Marcus，1986）转回到语言人种学本身，我们认为，在复杂的多语言互动是研究对象的地方，必须更多地关注多语言如何影响语言民族志的各个方面。实际进行语言民族志的过程。在本文中，我们概述了我们提出的三项原则的发展，这些原则对于在多语言环境中发展和开展当代语言民族志至关重要。其原则是： 1）多语言研究；2）协同研究；3) 响应式研究。