Applied linguistics has started to consider the importance of time for the understanding of meaning-making, for example in the conceptualization of chronotopes, or in stressing the relevance of speed and entrepreneurial views of the self for migrants. This study takes a step ahead by starting from the concept of memory as mobile, following Michel de Certeau (1990), and looking at the different ways in which the experience of time plays a role in living and recounting migration. Focusing on the journey of a young African from Italy to Germany and then reluctantly back to Italy, this article points to the relevance of time as projected (marked by [un]awareness of possible developments), personal (based on relationality), and influenced by concrete circumstances (events and processes). The findings also unveil tensions between planning and the unforeseen for tactics concerning language, highlighting the role of future projections.

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“我说我还年轻，你知道我可以计划一些好事情，你知道”：随着时间的推移理解语言和迁徙

应用语言学已经开始考虑时间对于理解意义创造的重要性，例如在时位的概念化中，或者在强调移民的速度和自我创业观点的相关性方面。这项研究向前迈出了一步，从记忆作为移动的概念出发，遵循米歇尔·德塞托（Michel de Certeau，1990）的观点，研究时间体验在生活和叙述迁移中发挥作用的不同方式。本文重点关注一位年轻的非洲人从意大利到德国，然后不情愿地返回意大利的旅程，指出了预计的时间（以对可能的发展的[不]意识为标志）、个人（基于关系）和影响的相关性。根据具体情况（事件和过程）。研究结果还揭示了规划与不可预见的语言策略之间的紧张关系，凸显了未来预测的作用。