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Language and tourism

English in Iran

Even a casual observer of the linguistic landscape in Iran will have to conclude that Iranians have a collective fetish for English. Almost all public signage is bilingual in English…

Ingrid PillerDecember 30, 2010

English as a global language

The United Arab Emirates are celebrating their 39th national day this month. Trucial Oman, as it was then known, became independent from their semi-colonial relationship with Britain in December 1971…

Ingrid PillerDecember 5, 2010

Linguistic landscapes

نام های تجاریِ نویسه گردان

Persian version of my blog post about transliterated brand names Translated by Setareh Felfelian (ستاره فلفلیان) London Dairy ad on a building in Abu Dhabi, UAE Igloo ad on truck…

Ingrid PillerAugust 12, 2010

English as a global language

Multilingualism 2.0

The social networking market research site Inside Facebook has some intriguing language stats. In July, the fastest-growing languages on Facebook were Portuguese, Arabic, Spanish and French. The Portuguese growth rate…

Ingrid PillerAugust 2, 2010

Linguistic landscapes

Banal multilingualism

As someone who is concerned about Australia’s monolingual mindset and the damage it does to individuals and our society as a whole, I probably should have been pleased to discover…

Ingrid PillerJune 17, 2010

Linguistic landscapes

Toiletology

Installment #4 in the mini-series on multilingual signage Toilets as an object of sociolinguistic research?! Not likely?! Think again! Today, I am going to discuss toilet signage as an indicator…

Ingrid PillerMay 7, 2010

Language politics

French Language Day

I missed the UN’s French language day! It’s not the fact that I missed it that bothers me – I’m late for pretty much everything – it’s the fact that…

Ingrid PillerApril 4, 2010

News

Monolinguals on the move – multilinguals stuck in detention

Must-read post by Dennis Baron over at the Web of Language! A US university student who majors in Middle Eastern Studies was detained at Philadelphia Airport for carrying Arabic language…

Ingrid PillerFebruary 13, 2010

Linguistic landscapes

Transliterated brand names

London Dairy ad on a building in Abu Dhabi, UAE Igloo ad on truck in Abu Dhabi, UAE I’ve just come across a 2006 University of South Africa MA thesis investigating…

Ingrid PillerJanuary 15, 2010

Multilingual histories

The burning children of globalization

I’ve been wondering what would be an appropriate Christmas post for the Language on the Move blog. Seeing that I’m deeply skeptical about all those claims about the wonderful advantages…

Ingrid PillerDecember 25, 2009

Language politics

Where is the Arabic?

Finally, today on Day 3 of our conference on Fostering Multiliteracies Through Education: Middle Eastern Perspectives someone asked “Where is the Arabic?” “How come a conference devoted to multilingualism and…

Ingrid PillerDecember 20, 2009

Research reflections

Fostering multiliteracies: 1st conference day

Exciting first day at the conference on “Fostering multiliteracies through education: Middle Eastern Perspectives” at the American University of Sharjah. Suresh Canagarajah, who blogs on academic writing and publishing in…

Ingrid PillerDecember 18, 2009

Language learning

Korean beats French

If you could choose to learn a foreign language, which one would it be? And why? Such choices are usually constrained by what is on offer. However, someone must choose…

Ingrid PillerDecember 14, 2009

Linguistic landscapes

Halloween Mystery

This chocolate wrapper turned up in my child’s trick-or-treat bag and now we don’t know which language Prestÿ is! Anyone out there who can help? One dad in our trick-or-treating…

Ingrid PillerNovember 2, 2009

Language learning

Ramadan Kareem! Or: Urban Etiquette for Monolinguals

Muslims around the world were celebrating the holy month of Ramadan recently and the greeting de jour here in Abu Dhabi was Ramadan Kareem!, which literally translates as “Ramadan is generous.” Ramadan…

Ingrid PillerOctober 11, 2009

English in Iran

Happy birthday, UAE!

نام های تجاریِ نویسه گردان

Banal multilingualism

French Language Day

Monolinguals on the move – multilinguals stuck in detention

Transliterated brand names

The burning children of globalization

Where is the Arabic?

Fostering multiliteracies: 1st conference day

Korean beats French

Halloween Mystery

Ramadan Kareem! Or: Urban Etiquette for Monolinguals

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