Tag Archives: sociolinguistics

game over Game Over!

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Ingrid Piller

Like many I’ve had my eyes on the protests in Egypt and elsewhere in the Arab world over the past couple of days. The way angry young men and women are taking to the streets is a sign of things … Continue reading →

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LOTMLogoBig Language on the Move in the Middle East

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Lg_on_the_move

In December and January Ingrid will be visiting universities in Iran and the United Arab Emirates and she will be speaking about her research in the sociolinguistics of multilingualism, language learning and intercultural communication there. She will also facilitate the … Continue reading →

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Handbook of Language and Globalization

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江

Wiley has just launched its new Handbook of Language and Globalization, edited by Nikolas Coupland. The Handbook consists of 28 chapters by well-known sociolinguists, including our very own Ingrid Piller and Kimie Takahashi. Click here for the Table of Contents. Our chapter … Continue reading →

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monolinguismo The monolingual myth

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Alastair Pennycook

This critique has been an important one but it runs into a problem when we consider the idea of monolingualism itself. At the same time that this critique of monolingual mindsets has aimed to stir up the multilingual pot and … Continue reading →

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fb_growth rates Multilingualism 2.0

Posted on August 2, 2010 by Ingrid Piller

The social networking market research site Inside Facebook has some intriguing language stats. In July, the fastest-growing languages on Facebook were Portuguese, Arabic, Spanish and French. The Portuguese growth rate was a staggering 11.8%. Arabic grew by 9.2%, Spanish by … Continue reading →

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