Tag Archives: Pierre Bourdieu

japan learn english Language and inflation

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Ingrid Piller

Some Language-on-the-Movers based here in Sydney had the opportunity to attend Professor Masaki Oda’s lecture about the current state of the English language in Japan yesterday. With major Japanese companies announcing a switch to English as their official company language … Continue reading →

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Sociolinguistics 2.0

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Ingrid Piller

Seeing that Kraft’s idea to brand their new Vegemite cheese spread as iSnack 2.0 has just backfired badly on them, I’m not so sure about the wisdom of talking about Sociolinguistics 2.0 right now. But then a technology-based name for … Continue reading →

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