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Abstract
Translanguaging is a theoretical framework of multilingual language practices that originated in the pedagogical sphere and later was adapted into a practical theory of language. In contrast with past translanguaging research which has primarily focused on homogeneous groups of multilingual language users, all of whom typically have a circumstantial or cultural basis to their multilingualism, this study aimed to characterize the translanguaging practices of multilingual speakers of diverse linguistic backgrounds, identities, and communicative motivations. This study also sought to describe translanguaging practices within the contexts of Digitally Mediated Communication and Digital Translanguaging Space. Through the analysis of five individuals’ language practices over a digital messaging platform, findings shed light on different means of identity creation through digital translanguaging, the various types of linguistic and semiotic resources employed over Digital Translanguaging Space to create meaning, and the digital translanguaging practices of academically centered multilinguals.