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Linguistic landscapes

Seeing the linguistic landscape through the eyes of Barbie and Ken

Figure 1: Multilingual sign in Abu Dhabi with power disparities indicated through order and size of text In the critically acclaimed Barbie movie, released in cinemas in mid-2023, Barbie and…
Language in education

Let’s reclaim our language!

Corporate double-speak is plummeting to ever lower depths and is insinuating itself into every aspect of our lives. Many see through this sustained assault on our collective intelligence, no doubt.…
Language in Australia

Australia’s Asia Literacy Debate

Australia in Asia (Source: unitingworld.org.au) Since starting a PhD in February in a different field to my previous work, I’ve been running a weekly alert with the words “language” and…
Language and migration
Postnatal depression and language proficiency
Multilingual families
Australian on the Move
Intercultural communication
The colonial cringe in academia
Language politics
The politics of subtitling
Language and globalization
Chinglish ok, apa!
Language and law
Language and Indigenous Disadvantage