Language on the Move
@languageonthemove.bsky.social
Linguistic diversity in social life
By Ingrid Piller, author of "Linguistic Diversity and Social Justice" "Intercultural Communication" and "Life in a New Language"
https://www.languageonthemove.org/
By Ingrid Piller, author of "Linguistic Diversity and Social Justice" "Intercultural Communication" and "Life in a New Language"
https://www.languageonthemove.org/
"Few books leave a lasting impact, but Life in a New Language will leave a significant one long after you engage with it."
Davida Asante about our 20-year research with 130 migrants to Australia, Australasian Review of African Studies
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@oxfordacademic.bsky.social
Davida Asante about our 20-year research with 130 migrants to Australia, Australasian Review of African Studies
afsaap.org.au/wp-content/u...
@oxfordacademic.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
"Few books leave a lasting impact, but Life in a New Language will leave a significant one long after you engage with it."
Davida Asante about our 20-year research with 130 migrants to Australia, Australasian Review of African Studies
afsaap.org.au/wp-content/u...
@oxfordacademic.bsky.social
Davida Asante about our 20-year research with 130 migrants to Australia, Australasian Review of African Studies
afsaap.org.au/wp-content/u...
@oxfordacademic.bsky.social
What does it feel like to grow up with a "mixed" heritage in a culture that continues to favor single-identity narratives?
Find out from Dr Zozan Balci (@routledgebooks.bsky.social) in the latest Language-on-the-Move podcast @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
www.languageonthemove.com/erased-voice...
Find out from Dr Zozan Balci (@routledgebooks.bsky.social) in the latest Language-on-the-Move podcast @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
www.languageonthemove.com/erased-voice...
August 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
What does it feel like to grow up with a "mixed" heritage in a culture that continues to favor single-identity narratives?
Find out from Dr Zozan Balci (@routledgebooks.bsky.social) in the latest Language-on-the-Move podcast @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
www.languageonthemove.com/erased-voice...
Find out from Dr Zozan Balci (@routledgebooks.bsky.social) in the latest Language-on-the-Move podcast @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
www.languageonthemove.com/erased-voice...
Everything that's wrong with current tech in 1 image: we are turning creativity, art & beauty over to machines but keeping the sh*twork for humans.
Take the profit motive out of tech, and build cleaning robots so that humans can write, paint, sing, dance, contemplate!
Take the profit motive out of tech, and build cleaning robots so that humans can write, paint, sing, dance, contemplate!
May 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Everything that's wrong with current tech in 1 image: we are turning creativity, art & beauty over to machines but keeping the sh*twork for humans.
Take the profit motive out of tech, and build cleaning robots so that humans can write, paint, sing, dance, contemplate!
Take the profit motive out of tech, and build cleaning robots so that humans can write, paint, sing, dance, contemplate!
Looking forward to attending the virtual launch of this alternative festschrift for Monica Heller, on June 18, 2pm CET
Register here: zhaw.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Register here: zhaw.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
May 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Looking forward to attending the virtual launch of this alternative festschrift for Monica Heller, on June 18, 2pm CET
Register here: zhaw.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Register here: zhaw.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
It’s here! 🤩 The 3rd edition of Intercultural Communication @edinburghup.bsky.social is out - thoroughly revised and updated and with a new chapter on intercultural communication in healthcare
April 30, 2025 at 6:11 AM
It’s here! 🤩 The 3rd edition of Intercultural Communication @edinburghup.bsky.social is out - thoroughly revised and updated and with a new chapter on intercultural communication in healthcare
in Europe, these multilingual signs have really become part of the consumption landscape
April 28, 2025 at 7:51 AM
in Europe, these multilingual signs have really become part of the consumption landscape
This Tuesday @uni-hamburg.de: What constitutes a language barrier and what are their consequences for individual health outcomes and group health disparities?
www.ew.uni-hamburg.de/forschung/fa...
www.ew.uni-hamburg.de/forschung/fa...
April 27, 2025 at 12:12 PM
This Tuesday @uni-hamburg.de: What constitutes a language barrier and what are their consequences for individual health outcomes and group health disparities?
www.ew.uni-hamburg.de/forschung/fa...
www.ew.uni-hamburg.de/forschung/fa...
The Linguistic Justice Society through @jsolerc.bsky.social is hosting a conference devoted to "English, majority languages and minority languages in an era of global mobility" in April in Stockholm. If you are in the area, consider signing up to attend!
www.su.se/department-o...
www.su.se/department-o...
March 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The Linguistic Justice Society through @jsolerc.bsky.social is hosting a conference devoted to "English, majority languages and minority languages in an era of global mobility" in April in Stockholm. If you are in the area, consider signing up to attend!
www.su.se/department-o...
www.su.se/department-o...
If you would like to review "Life in a New Language" @oxfordacademic.bsky.social, it's available for review on the @linguistlist.bsky.social 😁
linguistlist.org/issues/36/767/
linguistlist.org/issues/36/767/
March 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
If you would like to review "Life in a New Language" @oxfordacademic.bsky.social, it's available for review on the @linguistlist.bsky.social 😁
linguistlist.org/issues/36/767/
linguistlist.org/issues/36/767/
“Language Politics in Tunisia” by Fethi Helal and @joelobianco.bsky.social just landed on my desk 🤩
@multi-ling-mat.bsky.social
@multi-ling-mat.bsky.social
March 2, 2025 at 8:43 AM
“Language Politics in Tunisia” by Fethi Helal and @joelobianco.bsky.social just landed on my desk 🤩
@multi-ling-mat.bsky.social
@multi-ling-mat.bsky.social
International Mother Language Day!
Good time to shout out the fantastic team of LangDentity, an online language school supporting the maintenance of Shona and Ndebele in the diaspora
www.instagram.com/reel/DFXNtTA...
Good time to shout out the fantastic team of LangDentity, an online language school supporting the maintenance of Shona and Ndebele in the diaspora
www.instagram.com/reel/DFXNtTA...
February 21, 2025 at 8:32 AM
International Mother Language Day!
Good time to shout out the fantastic team of LangDentity, an online language school supporting the maintenance of Shona and Ndebele in the diaspora
www.instagram.com/reel/DFXNtTA...
Good time to shout out the fantastic team of LangDentity, an online language school supporting the maintenance of Shona and Ndebele in the diaspora
www.instagram.com/reel/DFXNtTA...
Sneak peak of the cover of the 3rd edition of "Intercultural Communication" (@edinburghup.bsky.social)
To be published in April and available for preorder at edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-intercu...
To be published in April and available for preorder at edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-intercu...
February 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Sneak peak of the cover of the 3rd edition of "Intercultural Communication" (@edinburghup.bsky.social)
To be published in April and available for preorder at edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-intercu...
To be published in April and available for preorder at edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-intercu...
“Ramadan Calendar” modelled on the advents calendar - how “integrated” is that?! 🤔
February 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
“Ramadan Calendar” modelled on the advents calendar - how “integrated” is that?! 🤔
Just heard that Michael Burawoy died last week in a road accident. Another heartbreaking pedestrian death.
May he rest in peace!
"The extended case method" will forever be one of my most favorite sociology texts of all time
sociology.berkeley.edu/memoriam-mic...
May he rest in peace!
"The extended case method" will forever be one of my most favorite sociology texts of all time
sociology.berkeley.edu/memoriam-mic...
February 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Just heard that Michael Burawoy died last week in a road accident. Another heartbreaking pedestrian death.
May he rest in peace!
"The extended case method" will forever be one of my most favorite sociology texts of all time
sociology.berkeley.edu/memoriam-mic...
May he rest in peace!
"The extended case method" will forever be one of my most favorite sociology texts of all time
sociology.berkeley.edu/memoriam-mic...
Timely - and timeless - reminder:
“The 1895 cholera epidemic killed 8500 people. Most are buried here. They warn us that we bear responsibility for our environment and its vital sources“ Signed by the Patriotic Society
“The 1895 cholera epidemic killed 8500 people. Most are buried here. They warn us that we bear responsibility for our environment and its vital sources“ Signed by the Patriotic Society
February 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Timely - and timeless - reminder:
“The 1895 cholera epidemic killed 8500 people. Most are buried here. They warn us that we bear responsibility for our environment and its vital sources“ Signed by the Patriotic Society
“The 1895 cholera epidemic killed 8500 people. Most are buried here. They warn us that we bear responsibility for our environment and its vital sources“ Signed by the Patriotic Society
“Spoken language doesn’t equal written language”
Spending the day in a temporary office where no one seems to have lived in a while to find this lonely - and very true! - reminder 🤩
Spending the day in a temporary office where no one seems to have lived in a while to find this lonely - and very true! - reminder 🤩
February 6, 2025 at 10:35 AM
“Spoken language doesn’t equal written language”
Spending the day in a temporary office where no one seems to have lived in a while to find this lonely - and very true! - reminder 🤩
Spending the day in a temporary office where no one seems to have lived in a while to find this lonely - and very true! - reminder 🤩
And here's to hope: 3 books that are testament to human creativity, not least because of the amazing cover art by water color artist Sadami Konchi
February 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
And here's to hope: 3 books that are testament to human creativity, not least because of the amazing cover art by water color artist Sadami Konchi
Researchers, colleagues, I beg you: don't use language that makes algorithms seem human! Machines don't 'sense'! Here: Facebook *records* people's movements ...
February 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Researchers, colleagues, I beg you: don't use language that makes algorithms seem human! Machines don't 'sense'! Here: Facebook *records* people's movements ...
“The monolingual habitus of the multilingual school” by Ingrid Gogolin has been hugely influential on my thinking about linguistic diversity in education
January 31, 2025 at 1:58 PM
“The monolingual habitus of the multilingual school” by Ingrid Gogolin has been hugely influential on my thinking about linguistic diversity in education
From a peer-reviewed research article: "Fifteen interviews were held in English: Thirteen with the assistance of three interpreters" >>> so easy to disappear languages and multilingual communication 😱
January 30, 2025 at 8:09 AM
From a peer-reviewed research article: "Fifteen interviews were held in English: Thirteen with the assistance of three interpreters" >>> so easy to disappear languages and multilingual communication 😱
Multilingual crisis communication just landed on my desk 😍
The podcast to go with the book is at www.languageonthemove.com/multilingual...
The podcast to go with the book is at www.languageonthemove.com/multilingual...
January 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Multilingual crisis communication just landed on my desk 😍
The podcast to go with the book is at www.languageonthemove.com/multilingual...
The podcast to go with the book is at www.languageonthemove.com/multilingual...
The great snow word hoax continues …
Infotainment on German train claims that “the Scots” have 421 different words for snow
Infotainment on German train claims that “the Scots” have 421 different words for snow
January 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The great snow word hoax continues …
Infotainment on German train claims that “the Scots” have 421 different words for snow
Infotainment on German train claims that “the Scots” have 421 different words for snow
“Ernst August - King of Hannover”
Statue reminds me so much of “Yertle the Turtle - King of the Pond”
Statue reminds me so much of “Yertle the Turtle - King of the Pond”
January 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
“Ernst August - King of Hannover”
Statue reminds me so much of “Yertle the Turtle - King of the Pond”
Statue reminds me so much of “Yertle the Turtle - King of the Pond”
Meanwhile in Germany …
January 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Meanwhile in Germany …
AI really has a monolingual mindset 🙄
Or to be precise: tech has been designed following - and cementing - a monolingual logic
Or to be precise: tech has been designed following - and cementing - a monolingual logic
January 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
AI really has a monolingual mindset 🙄
Or to be precise: tech has been designed following - and cementing - a monolingual logic
Or to be precise: tech has been designed following - and cementing - a monolingual logic