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Language politics

Counting the uncountable: linguistic diversity in Nepal

Students in a Tibetan-medium school in Kathmandu study for their exams. By knowing the number and age of speakers of a particular language, policy makers can better plan for their…
English as a global language

وی نات شیپ تو راشا

Persian version of my blog post about language evolution Translated by Anna Mirzaiyan (آنا ميرزاييان) آخرهفته سری به سایت ای بِی زدم، اما به جای وسيله ای كه دنبالش می…
Language and social justice

Taking over the squares

Luisa Martín Rojo is inviting participants for a thematic session devoted to "Taking over the squares: the role of linguistic practices in contesting public spaces" at the 19th Sociolinguistics Symposium…
Linguistic landscapes
Dialoguing through prohibitions and transgressions
Teacher expectation
Language in education
Do monolingual teachers produce a Golem effect in multilingual students?
German-English vs. Spanish-English
Multilingual families
German-English vs. Spanish-English
Language and globalization
Have we just seen the beginning of the end of English?
Multilingual families
Bilingual children refusing to speak the home language
Linguistic landscapes
Local culture mirrored in dog signs