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Covid-19

How to improve Australia’s public health messaging about Covid-19

Exterior of a pub at an intersection in the shopping hub of Burwood, a highly diverse suburb of Sydney Editor’s note: Do public health messages about the Covid-19 pandemic match…

Alexandra GreyJune 1, 2020

Covid-19

Language challenges of Covid-19 are a pressing issue

In mid-March, we issued a call for papers for a special issue of the international sociolinguistics journal Multilingua devoted to “Linguistic diversity and public health: sociolinguistic perspectives on Covid-19” edited…

Ingrid PillerApril 24, 2020

Covid-19

Multilingual resources key to fighting COVID-19

Multilingualism - the use of two or more languages within a polity - is often seen by governments as an impediment, if not a threat, to nation-building and national identity.…

Rizwan AhmadApril 14, 2020

Covid-19

Language lessons of COVID-19 and linguistic disaster preparedness

Li Yuming Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Language Resources and Research Center for Standardized Use of Chinese Language, Beijing Language and Culture University *** Editor’s note: This is a translated…

Language on the MoveMarch 27, 2020

Covid-19

Linguistic diversity and public health: sociolinguistic perspectives on COVID-19

Call for papers for a special issue of Multilingua devoted to “Linguistic diversity and public health: sociolinguistic perspectives on COVID-19” edited by Ingrid Piller, Jie Zhang, and Jia Li. The…

Ingrid PillerMarch 16, 2020

Covid-19

Coronavirus meets linguistic diversity

Before celebrating China’s Spring Festival, my husband and I were talking about new sources of local economic growth thanks to President Xi Jinping’s visit to Tengchong right after his first…

Li JiaMarch 4, 2020

Covid-19

Fighting COVID-19 with folklore

Jin Gang performing a fiddle story about the heroism of health workers Nothing seems further from the fight against COVID-19 than traditional folklore. However, an ancient Mongolian art form, the…

Gegentuul BaioudFebruary 27, 2020

Covid-19

Racism hinders the fight against COVID-19

The official WHO name of the disease I am a citizen of Wuhan. Like millions of other Wuhan residents who now live in a state of fear and anxiety, the…

Zhang Jie 张洁February 25, 2020

Covid-19

Fighting the coronavirus in local languages

Disinfectant activities I am writing this from my village in the mountainous Tibetan regions of western Sichuan Province, in China. We have been on lockdown for almost a month, and…

Yu LhaFebruary 17, 2020

Language and migration

Bilingualism is good for your mental health

Bilingual kids are more resilient October is Mental Health month here in New South Wales. The campaign runs under the slogan “Celebrate, connect, grow” and includes some fantastic tips how…

Ingrid PillerOctober 8, 2012