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Book SynopsisThis book offers a fresh perspective on the social life of multilingualism through the lens of the important notion of linguistic citizenship. All of the chapters are underpinned by a theoretical and methodological engagement with linguistic citizenship as a useful heuristic through which to understand sociolinguistic processes in late modernity, focusing in particular on linguistic agency and voices on the margins of our societies. The authors take stock of conservative, liberal, progressive and radical social transformations in democracies in the north and south, and consider the implications for multilingualism as a resource, as a way of life and as a feature of identity politics. Each chapter builds on earlier research on linguistic citizenship by illuminating how multilingualism (in both theory and practice) should be, or could be, thought of as inclusive when we recognize what multilingual speakers do with language for voice and agency.
Trade ReviewIn a world divided by nations, institutional racism and sexism, and other forms of colonial injustice, Stroud’s concept of Linguistic Citizenship allows us to rethink what it means to belong to and through language, to have agency and voice. This pathbreaking book is a must-read for anyone interested in linguistic justice, multilingualism and language and nationalism. * Jaspal Naveel Singh, The Open University, UK *
The fascinating contributions in this collection align with a critical ongoing shift that challenges mythical framings of mainstream hegemonies related to 'language', including (re)locating the significance of 'language' in 'being and becoming'. Importantly, the contributions shift the focus from language to languaging. (Re)imagining centers and peripheries, they illustrate 'dignity in diversity', offering a much-needed opening for doing language 'otherwise'.
* Sangeeta Bagga-Gupta, Jönköping University, Sweden *
An engaged and critical collection by eminent and rising scholars from the Global South and North, this book presents diverse theoretical and applied perspectives on the notion of Linguistic Citizenship. It reminds us of the continuing political relevance of language and of our shared hope and responsibility to contribute to democracy, justice and peace in a world of struggle. * Britta Schneider, European University Viadrina, Germany *
I appreciated this edited collection very much and will be recommending it to applied linguists, sociolin-guists and all researchers whose work may draw them into struggles with multilingualism. Researchers who want to push the boundaries of knowledge about language in previously under-researched contexts, and design and conduct their research in ways which challenge academic norms, will do well to start here.
* Jane Andrews, University of the West of England, UK, BAAL News 122 *
Table of ContentsContributors
Kenneth Hyltenstam & Caroline Kerfoot: Foreword: Linguistic Citizenship: Unlabeled Forerunners and Recent Trajectories
Chapter 1. Quentin Williams, Ana Deumert & Tommaso M. Milani: Introduction
Part 1: Linguistic Citizenship as Theory and Practice of Multilingualism
Chapter 2. Lionel Wee: The Myth of Orderly Multilingualism
Chapter 3. Kathleen Heugh: Linguistic Citizenship as a Decolonial Lens on Southern Multilingualisms and Epistemologies
Chapter 4. Ben Rampton, Melanie Cooke and Sam Holmes: Linguistic Citizenship and the Questions of Transformation and Marginality
Part 2: Multilingual Narratives and Linguistic Citizenship
Chapter 5. Lauren van Niekerk, Keshia R. Jansen and Zannie Bock: “I Am My Own Coloured”: Navigating Language and Race in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Chapter 6. Marcelyn Oostendorp: Linguistic Citizenship and Non-Citizens: Of Utopias and Dystopias
Part 3: Linguistic Citizenship for Linguistic Knowledge, Digital Activism and Popular Culture
Chapter 7. Linus Salö and David Karlander: The Travels of Semilingualism: Itineraries of Ire, Impact and Infamy
Chapter 8. Amy Hiss and Amiena Peck: Turbulent Twitter and the Semiotics of Protest at an Ex-Model C School
Chapter 9. Quentin Williams: Remixing Linguistic Citizenship
Part 4: Postscripts: Taking Linguistic Citizenship towards New Directions
Chapter 10. Emanuel Bylund: WEIRD Psycholinguistics
Chapter 11. Don Kulick: The Sociolinguistics of Responsibility
Christopher Stroud: Afterword: Seeding(Ceding) Linguistically: New Roots for New Routes
Index
