Category Archives: Language & globalization

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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Posted on February 11, 2012 by Vahid Parvaresh

It is now widely agreed that human beings have moved into a phase of modernity in which they have to tackle the extreme dynamism in modern institutions and provide an explanation for the discontinuities they experience. As a result of … Continue reading →

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English and ASEAN English and ASEAN

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江

Ever since I arrived in Bangkok in 2011, I’ve being witnessing the amazing spread of English fever. At the national level, Thailand is wholeheartedly invested in the promise of English – the idea that proficiency in English will make ‘it’ … Continue reading →

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English-or-Persian English or Persian?

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Ingrid Piller

“What is the meaning of the choice of English in the slogan on this car?” That was one of the questions I asked the participants in the 2nd Language-on-the-Move Workshop I taught at the University of Isfahan. I had come … Continue reading →

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The-legitimate-speaker The legitimate speaker

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Mi-Cha Flubacher

Mi-Cha Flubacher, Alfonso Del Percio and Alexandre Duchêne (Institute of Multilingualism, University/PH Fribourg), are inviting papers for the thematic session “The legitimate speaker in a transforming political economy” (Session ID 125) at the Sociolinguistics Symposium 19, August 22-24, 2012 in … Continue reading →

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