Sarah Hopkyns

Sarah Hopkyns is an Assistant Professor/Lecturer at the University of St Andrews, UK. Her research interests include language and identity, language policy, translingual practice, linguistic ethnography, linguistic landscapes, and English-medium instruction (EMI). Sarah is the author of "The Impact of Global English on Cultural Identities in the United Arab Emirates" (Routledge, 2020) and the co-editor of "Linguistic Identities in the Arab Gulf States" (Routledge, 2022). Find her on Twitter @SHopkyns

Linguistic landscapes

Visit to Abrahamic Family House

*** Anna Dillon and Sarah Hopkyns *** Figure 1: Sarah (in black) and Anna (in purple) at Abrahamic Family House As friends and fellow sociolinguists, we, Anna and Sarah, have…

Sarah HopkynsJanuary 17, 2025

Linguistic landscapes Next Gen Literacies

Seeing the linguistic landscape through the eyes of Barbie and Ken

Figure 1: Multilingual sign in Abu Dhabi with power disparities indicated through order and size of text In the critically acclaimed Barbie movie, released in cinemas in mid-2023, Barbie and…

Sarah HopkynsDecember 8, 2023

Covid-19 Next Gen Literacies

Care, inclusion, and resistance in Covid linguistic landscapes

Figure 1: Bilingual Squamish and English placard in West Vancouver’s Park Royal shopping village As the Covid-19 pandemic heads toward its third year, with the Omicron variant in full swing,…

Sarah HopkynsJanuary 24, 2022

Covid-19

Linguistic diversity and inclusion in the era of COVID-19

Editor’s note: The Covid-19 pandemic has led to a renewed focus on linguistic diversity and the way it intersects with social inclusion. In this latest contribution to our series of language…

Sarah HopkynsJuly 17, 2020

Visit to Abrahamic Family House

Seeing the linguistic landscape through the eyes of Barbie and Ken

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