One’s name is one of the most salient features for one’s identity. Some parents suffer from extraordinary indecisiveness when giving their newborn a wonderfully auspicious and proper name, all with…
Grace Chu-Lin ChangMay 2, 2011
Amoo ('Uncle') Poorang Persian version of my recent post about "Ridiculing accents" Translated by Behnam Keimasi (بهنام کیماسی) آیا مایه گذاشتن از اقلیتهای زبانی برای سرگرم کردن کودکان کار درستی…
Manouchehr KouhestaniApril 25, 2011
Persian version of my blog post on Multilingual Prohibitions (الهه امیرحسینی) Translated by Elahe Amirhosseini دوستداران اشعار انگلیسی در بین شما حتما به یاد میآورند که عبارت "Betreten verboten" (ورود…
Ingrid PillerApril 21, 2011
Have you ever been curious what it feels like for Saudi women to be part of polygamous families? I wouldn’t be surprised if many readers of Language-on-the-Move admitted to such…
Lobat AsadiApril 19, 2011
Mother Language Day in East Timor International Mother Language Day is celebrated annually to promote linguistic and cultural diversity. In East Timor, Mother Language Day 2011 provided the perfect opportunity…
Kerry Taylor-LeechApril 13, 2011
Thank you all for waiting - we are thrilled to present you with the new-look Language on the Move 3.0! This is the second time we have renewed our site…
Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江April 6, 2011
I’ve recently come to Sydney from Taiwan to pursue a PhD in Applied Linguistics under the supervision of Ingrid Piller and Kimie Takahashi. They’ve encouraged me to write up my…
Grace Chu-Lin ChangApril 1, 2011
MQ VC Prof. Schwartz at the Library Opening Ceremony I was lucky to be able to join the opening ceremony of Macquarie University's new library on 28 March. The event…
Liu Hailin 海林 刘March 29, 2011
Amoo ('Uncle') Poorang Is it ok to entertain children at the expense of linguistic minorities? That was the question I asked myself a couple of months ago when I was…
Manouchehr KouhestaniMarch 28, 2011
In 2006 and 2007 I was doing my MA at the University of Tehran, about 450 kilometers away from my hometown, Isfahan. For this reason, I was a regular passenger…
Vahid ParvareshMarch 25, 2011
The 2011 Report Freedom of Religion and Belief in 21st Century Australia released this week by the Australian Human Rights Commission notes “high levels of unprompted expressions of concern about…
Ingrid PillerMarch 22, 2011
Very best wishes for the New Year to all our readers celebrating Nourooz! Our non-Nourooz celebrating readers can read up more on this ancient tradition of welcoming spring here and here!
Ingrid PillerMarch 21, 2011
Northeastern Japan was hit by M8.8 earthquake, the biggest in Japan's recorded history, at 14:46 local time today. Tsunami warnings along broad areas of the Pacific coast were immediately announced,…
Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江March 11, 2011
My daughter attends a public elementary school in NSW where the children are taught French for one hour each week. In 2009, she was away from her school for one…
Ingrid PillerMarch 4, 2011
Many of the people close to my heart are transnationals such as myself. Belonging is a frequently discussed topic in my circles, and often a topic that is surrounded by…
Ingrid PillerFebruary 26, 2011
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