I am British. I speak English, and Brazilian companies pay me to teach it. But Brazil does not really need my language. So why does it keep demanding it?…
This chapter takes issue with the idea of “crisis” as the entry point to the volume, outlining the importance of considering the failed future promises of the past. Against…
In applied and sociolinguistics at present, there are quite frequent calls to reinvent or rethink a particular tradition, paradigm or indeed the field itself. Sometimes this looks like a…
This paper introduces the Language & Communication special issue Digital technology as human experience – adapting existing approaches to theorizing and analyzing digitally mediated interaction. The special issue has…
Resumen: Este artículo analiza la tematización del lenguaje inclusivo no binario en redes sociales en Uruguay. Entendiendo la tematización como una práctica reflexiva metalingüística y metapragmática, analizo dos casos ilustrativos:…
Numa abordagem etnográfica da linguagem, abordamos a “semiótica abaixo do radar” empregada por Jair Bolsonaro e seus estrategistas durante sua incumbência como presidente (2019-2022). Crystal Abidin (2021) sugere que…
In a contribution to Milak & Tankosić’s Becoming a Linguist (Routledge), this paper begins with a brief sketch of interactional sociolinguistics and linguistic ethnography (IS & LE) and then…
This paper sets out to interrogate the notion of “criticality” that inhabits Critical Sociolinguistics. Starting from two dispositions: being “crítico” (a critic) and being a “criticón” (a criticiser) that…
The amateur arts form an important part of the UK’s cultural landscape, with a substantial number of people involved in ‘over 60,000 participant-driven, self-governed amateur arts groups’ (Milling et…
Resumo: Neste artigo, discuto como recursos linguísticos reconhecidos como “português” covariam com outros recursos materiais e produzem diferentes efeitos de mobilidade num mesmo quadro espaço-temporal. Em face desses efeitos,…
What contribution can working papers (WPs) make to a more open academy, and where do they stand in current debates about Open Science? They used to provide speedier publication…
What do Sociolinguistics and Memory Studies have in common, and why should they be interested in each other? What are the likely obstacles to their interaction? How could they…
This paper discusses how citizen science (CS) – the “participation of non-professional contributors in the production of scientific knowledge” (Kasperowski et al., 2021:14) – is conceptualised and applied in…
Este texto propõe uma agenda de pesquisa sobre a produção de espaços de diálogo e solidariedade entre territórios periféricos. O termo ‘transperiferias’ traduz esta proposta de pesquisa e engajamento,…
Can we really talk about advanced linguistic ethnography, and if so, what does it look like? This paper offers quite a personal view of training programmes, PhDs, interdisciplinary relationships…
Media in general, and, in particular new media that are the product of digital technology, have not been a key domain of study in language policy and language planning….
By focusing predominantly on discourse production and language management, language policy research de-emphasizes the material sources of inequality. The paper argues that language management, often restricted by ritualistic and…
In this paper, I investigate language ideologies of academic language in an upper secondary classroom, focusing on different senses of authenticity as a legitimate user of the academic register,…
The purpose of this paper is to discuss how emotions are significant in the context of an increasingly globalized world, especially in relation to the phenomenon of migration. Research…