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Language Rights Defenders Award

Tove Skutnabb-Kangas (1940-2023) The Global Coalition for Language Rights is pleased to announce the first annual Language Rights Defenders Award. This award aims to recognize and honor individuals who demonstrate…
Gerald Roche
March 28, 2024

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Language in education

Does a language have to be European to be ‘modern’?

Top 10 languages other than English spoken in England and Wales, 2011 (Source: ONS) Modern languages are not merely European languages. Obvious as this may seem, it needs restating as…
Language and social justice

Language revitalization and radical politics

In his 2005 article ‘Will Indigenous Languages Survive?’ Michael Walsh described language revitalization as ‘profoundly political’. And Jacqueline Urla, in discussing the Basque language movement, has said that language revitalization…
Language politics

What’s in a name?

Annastacia Palaszczuk and members of her family (Source: Couriermail) Would Kirk Douglas be a Hollywood legend if he had kept his birth name Issur Danielovitch? Would Bob Dylan have achieved…
Language and migration
Partner language requirements and new borders for family life
Language and social justice
Ridiculing accents
Language politics
How to Study Language and Social Relations in Times of Global Mobility
Linguistic landscapes
Transliterated brand names
Language in Australia
Multiculturalism without multilingualism
Language learning
Who profits from an early start in English?