Author Archives: Ingrid Piller

Linguistic-diversity-&-social-justice Applied Linguistics@MQ: Linguistic diversity & social justice

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Ingrid Piller

The next seminar of the 2012 series of Applied Linguistics seminars at Macquarie University will be held next week: Linguistic diversity and social justice Ingrid Piller, Macquarie University Abstract: My current research focus is on the intersection between linguistic diversity … Continue reading →

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Cezaria Baudouin de Courtenay Ehrenkreutz Jędrzejewiczowa Strange academic women

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Ingrid Piller

We are marking International Women’s Day here on Language-on-the-Move with a portrait of Cezaria Baudouin de Courtenay Ehrenkreutz Jędrzejewiczowa, the first female Chair Professor of Anthropology at Warsaw University and, possibly, anywhere else in the world. Like many successful women … Continue reading →

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Vietnamese nail technicians The sociolinguistics of nail care

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Ingrid Piller

Have you recently had a manicure or a pedicure? I haven’t. In fact, I’ve never been to a nail salon in my life. Until about a decade ago that would not have been unusual among my friends and acquaintances. Today, … Continue reading →

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Hungarians in Romania Bilingualism: Bane or Boon?

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Ingrid Piller

Hungarians in Romania Up until a few decades ago, the academic consensus – along with public opinion – was that bilingualism is detrimental to the individual and society. Nowadays, that has all changed and the new consensus is that bilingualism … Continue reading →

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eine ganz heisse nummer Language shift and phone sex

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Ingrid Piller

Ever since I left my native village in the Bavarian Forest more than 25 years ago, I have been returning for regular, even if infrequent, visits. Over the years, there have been many changes and two of them have been … Continue reading →

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