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Bangladeshi manager speaking English and subtitled in British educational video “How fair is fashion”
English as a global language

Illegitimate English

Bangladeshi manager speaking English and subtitled in British educational video "How fair is fashion?" The other day I watched a show about global textile production. How fair is fashion? by…
Language and globalization

Does internationalization change research content?

Source: Kang 2009, p. 201 Every linguistics undergraduate student is by now familiar with the fact of linguistic imperialism in academic publishing where the pressure to publish in international journals…
Language and social justice

Many tongues instead of one!

I was so grateful to read Ingrid Piller’s in-depth critical post on German language politics, where she offered a profound analysis of the assumptions underlying the campaign “Ich spreche Deutsch”.…
Japanese women on the move
Language learning
Japanese women on the move
Language politics
How to Study Language and Social Relations in Times of Global Mobility
Multilingual families
Children as language brokers
Intercultural communication
“We not ship to Russia”
Chats in Linguistic Diversity
Creaky Voice in Australian English
Language politics
Language month in the Philippines