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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 and globalization

Banal cosmopolitanism

Multilingual "Welcome" sign in a shopping mall in Munich, Germany Have you recently seen a “welcome” sign? They constitute a strange genre: ever more ubiquitous on the one hand, yet…
Language learning

Character challenge

So much hot air: the character for "meeting" consists of the one for "cloud" under a roof Before my recent visit to Wuhan and Hong Kong I was planning to…
Intercultural communication

I don’t know how to ride a donkey!

One of the most bizarre experiences I had during my stay in Australia was being asked by a European housemate whether it was difficult to ride a donkey. Huh?! How…
Language and social justice
The native speaker concept
Language and social justice
Tyranny of Language
Language and social justice
“Speak English or Die!”
Linguistic landscapes
نام های تجاریِ نویسه گردان
Language and tourism
H.I.S. Research and Industry Forum on Linguistic Diversity and Tourism in Amazing Thailand
Language and migration
Home is where I’m alienated*