Members: Francesco Cavallaro, Ng Bee Chin, KK Luke, Kingsley Bolton, Tan Ying Ying, Ivan Panovic
Our research examines and describes multifaceted language-related identity practices of people living in diverse, multilingual and multicultural contexts, where the available linguistic varieties tend to be socially marked, subjected to language planning and management, and in constant competition with each other, especially with the more prestigious and international varieties. We are particularly interested in issues pertaining to language shift, loss, or maintenance, as well as in ways in which language users, as active social actors, creatively interact with, or resist, hegemonic language ideologies.
Subfield: Ethnography of Writing; Language, Attitudes & Identity; Language Maintenance & Shift; Language Planning & Policy; Ethnic Identities; Globalisation & Language Shift; Social & Cultural Construction of Literacies |