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English belongs to everyone
English as a global language

English belongs to everyone?

English belongs to everyone? The claim that “English belongs to everyone who uses it” has continued to gain more and more cultural cache, at least in global (English) academic circles.…
Intercultural communication

Inventing languages

Excerpt from "The Haunted Lotus" by Australian-Hazara artist Khadim Ali (Source: Milani Gallery) An objection that is commonly raised against Esperanto and other auxiliary languages is that they are “invented.”…
Language and law

Who’s New in Law and Language?

This is the fifth and final blog in our “LLIRN About Us” series, which Laura Smith-Khan and I commenced in 2024 in celebration of 5 years of the Law and…
Chats in Linguistic Diversity
Life in a New Language, Part 5: Monolingual mindset
Linguistic landscapes
From “Howdy” to “Hayakom”: A shifting university linguascape
Multilingual histories
Cultural brokering
English as a global language
Italy in Karachi
Linguistic landscapes
Multilingual mismatch
Linguistic landscapes
Banal multilingualism