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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 social justice

Language across three generations of Hani minority women

LI Jia and LI Yongzhen, Yunnan University ***  The Hani are one of the officially recognized ethnic minorities in China, and can also be found across the border in Myanmar,…
Intercultural communication

Two Caravans

I’ve always thought that it would do the field of linguistics (and the humanities generally) a whole lot of good if linguists were also doing literary studies. I’m an old-fashioned…
Language in education

Turkish alphabetisation for German integration

KOALA Buchstabenhaus (Adapted from: Urbanek, R. et al. (2006): Tinto grün. Arbeitsheft 1. Schreiben. Berlin: Cornelsen) Contemporary Germany is the 3rd largest immigrant-receiving country internationally. In 2008, 15.6mio inhabitants (19%…
Language politics
What’s in a name?
Multilingual families
Hanging on to German in the USA
Linguistic landscapes
Mal Lawwal: Linguistic landscapes of Qatar
Language learning
Bilingual students at the crossroads
English as a global language
Gay men, English and desire in Bangkok
Language learning
Monolingual media beat-up