Have you ever heard of Lingua Napoletana or Neapolitan, the language of Naples? In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Tazin Abdullah speaks to Massimiliano Canzanella, a…
Tazin AbdullahApril 7, 2025
In this episode of the Language on the Move podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with Dr. Laura Smith-Khan about language and accents in children’s media, from Octonauts to Disney to Bluey, and…
Brynn QuickDecember 24, 2024
Did you know that the US is referred to as "Beautiful Country" in Korean? Or that different ways of speaking English index different class positions? Or that English has become…
Brynn QuickSeptember 8, 2024
Linguists are famously very cool with words changing their meaning, new words arising, and basically language just doing whatever the hell it wants, irregardless (heh) of what the language pedants…
Dave SayersMay 15, 2024
In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with Dr. Michael Chesnut, Professor in the Department of English for International Conferences and Communication at Hankuk University…
Brynn QuickApril 27, 2024
In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with Dr Elizabeth Peterson about language ideologies and what we think when we hear different varieties of…
Brynn QuickApril 13, 2024
Dr Laura Smith-Khan during her keynote at InDialog (Image credit: Dries Cavents, UGhent) Editor's Note: Asylum seekers in countries of the Global North need to communicate a credible fear of…
Laura Smith-KhanSeptember 22, 2023
Official coronation portrait (Image credit: Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2015) The Queen and the English language are both unique within their categories. The Queen enjoyed special…
Ingrid PillerSeptember 12, 2022
On this year’s International Mother Language Day, the UN is encouraging us to reflect on the role of technology in multilingual learning. Here, we are looking at the role of…
Gegentuul BaioudFebruary 28, 2022
Language on the Move regulars, Jinhyun Cho, Loy Lising, and I have teamed up with a number of early career linguists to produce a special issue of the International Journal…
Alexandra GreySeptember 20, 2021
Diversity of international students is celebrated through images that map students onto nations represented by their flags International education is often touted as a golden road to fluency in another…
Li JiaMarch 16, 2021
LI Jia and LV Yong, Yunnan University *** Editor's note: There is a Chinese saying that two heads are better than one (三个臭皮匠赛过一个诸葛亮). This proverb emphasizes both collective wisdom and the…
Li JiaOctober 19, 2020
Martha Sif Karrebæk and Solvej Helleshøj Sørensen, University of Copenhagen *** Editor’s note: Covid-19 has exposed fractures in the social and linguistic fabric in many contexts internationally, as we have…
Language on the MoveSeptember 9, 2020
https://vimeo.com/440477672 Besides meetings, webinars, and classes, another traditionally face-to-face event organized this year via Zoom is the 3-minute thesis (3MT) competition. This yearly academic contest, which challenges students to explain…
Pia TenederoAugust 20, 2020
Editor’s note: We find ourselves in a time of deep global crisis when reflections on research ethics take on new urgency. Language on the Move is delighted to bring to…
Petteri LaihonenJune 18, 2020
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