Dr Alex Grey and Melanie Fernando in conversation One of the main reasons why Language on the Move exists is to mentor the next generation of researchers in the sociolinguistics…
Language on the MoveMay 6, 2019
Goose Lizzy Fountain, Goettingen: in a city full of memorials to notable men, the most prominent memorial to a woman is to a generic peasant girl March 08 is International…
Ingrid PillerMarch 5, 2019
Oh, the places you'll go! Starting out Nearing the end of my undergraduate study, I was working on a small research essay and was having some trouble figuring out the…
Laura Smith-KhanFebruary 7, 2019
Shelves in the Martha-Muchow-Library of Education at Hamburg University After a busy 2018 and a relaxing break, Language on the Move is back for another year of sociolinguistics of intercultural…
Ingrid PillerJanuary 24, 2019
The Language-on-the-Move team proudly celebrate the graduation of Drs Alexandra Grey and Gary O'Neill Editor's note: This week the 20th and 21st PhD students I have supervised to completion graduated…
Alexandra GreyApril 26, 2018
Language on the Move is back for another year and we’ll start the excitement with a reading challenge. One important piece of advice for all (aspiring) academics is to “Read,…
Ingrid PillerJanuary 29, 2018
These umbrellas quickly became the trademark of ISB11, and could be spotted all over Limerick – and beyond! In June this year, I was fortunate to attend the 11th International…
Livia GerberDecember 11, 2017
Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913) Procrastination is a fact of academic life, particularly during the PhD period, as every academic supervisor knows. However, judging from ever-increasing institutional efforts to control procrastination…
Ingrid PillerOctober 30, 2013
Members of the Language on the Move team meeting at ZUEL: Li Jia, Zhang Jie, Ingrid Piller, Kimie Takahashi, Guo Jian, Jackie Chang (fltr) Last week members of the Language…
Ingrid PillerNovember 21, 2012
Saeed Rezaei at Macquarie University's idyllic North Ryde campus Saeed Rezaei is currently a visiting scholar in the Department of Linguistics at Macquarie University. He will deliver a seminar about…
Language on the MoveAugust 31, 2012
Salvador Dali, Gestalt As members of the Language-on-the-Move community know, I was the lucky guest of Ingrid at Macquarie last Wednesday and then the theme of her blog posting. As a…
Bob HodgeJune 21, 2012
Professor Bob Hodge When I was a PhD student, I read two books in Discourse Analysis, which were to become fundamental to my understanding of the field, namely Social Semiotics…
Ingrid PillerJune 14, 2012
Editor's note, 22/01/2014: One of the joys of running Language on the Move is to experience its international collaborative reach in action. Two years ago, one of our readers, Olya Belenkaya, asked…
Ingrid PillerMarch 7, 2012
The deadline for the 2011 ALMA Award application has been extended to February 28th. Please consider applying and encourage interested students and colleagues to apply! We are particularly interested in…
Lg_on_the_moveFebruary 3, 2011
In the past couple of weeks I’ve had the good fortune to be able to visit a number of universities and research organizations in the Middle East. The cities I’ve…
Ingrid PillerJanuary 23, 2011
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