Acknowledgements1: IntroductionLinguistic diversitySocial justiceOverviewJoin the conversation2: Linguistic diversity and stratificationLanguage, multilingualism, linguistic diversityHierarchy in diversityLanguage pyramidsThe diversity of the OtherSeeing 'super-diversity'Inventing homogeneitySummary3: The subordination of linguistic diversityThe territorial principleLanguage segregationDebating the territorial principleLinguistic diversity and personal responsibilityGrassroots language learningJudging speakersLinguistic diversity and moral worthRemaking language learnersSummary4: Linguistic diversity at workLanguage proficiency as a barrier to employmentWhat's in a name?Job interviewsMultiple vulnerabilitiesSurvival employment and deskillingLanguage learning on the jobSuppressing linguistic diversityAlternative language regimesSummary5: Linguistic diversity in educationThe monolingual habitus of multilingual schoolsSubmersion educationCompounding disadvantageTesting against linguistic diversityMisdiagnosing language proficiencyDenying the benefits of multilingualismSummary6: Linguistic diversity and participationLinguistic barriers to participationLanguage and the gender gapLinguistically-motivated violenceMicro-aggressionsLinguistic alienationSummary7: Linguistic diversity and global justiceLanguage and developmentInjustices of English language educationInjustices of English as global academic languagePaying tribute to the Anglophone centerPsychological damages of global EnglishSummary8: Linguistic justiceNormative linguistic justiceReal linguistic utopiasThe struggle for linguistic justiceReferences
Ingrid Piller is Professor of Applied Linguistics at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. Her research expertise is in Intercultural Communication, the Sociolinguistics of Language Learning and Multilingualism, and Bilingual Education. She serves as editor-in-chief of the international sociolinguistics journal Multilingua and curates the sociolinguistics portal Language on the Move.
Linguistic Diversity and Social Justice is an absorbing selection
of stories and voices from around the world, woven into an
anthology that highlights the social consequences of a range of
linguistic injustices ... it adds to existing literature on the
multilingual turn by making connections across settings,
communities, and cultures.
*Huw Davies, The Learner Development Journal*
This excellent book provides much-needed reading for those
interested in linguistic injustice, but also for anyone involved in
the business, study or teaching of language.
*Ruanni Tupas, National Institute of Education, Singapore, Journal
of Multilingual and Multicultural Development.*
[T]he book is very well written and well structured; it is written
in a rather lay language, a fact that makes it accessible to a wide
audience of both academics and non-academics. Its readability is
also enhanced by the fact that all notes are presented in the form
of endnotes divided by chapter, which are found at the end of the
book. In this way, the reading and understanding of the content of
each chapter is smooth and uninterrupted ... [T]his book is
essential reading not only to socioculturally minded linguists but
also to policy makers, legal advisers and professionals who are
interested in sharpening their intercultural skills.
*Sociolinguistic Studies*
[T]he book is a fascinating exploration of the (often hidden) ways
in which language makes individuals vulnerable to exploitation,
discrimination, and other forms of harm. As such, it will appeal to
readers from a variety of academic disciplines, including
sociolinguistics, sociology, law, and political theory. However, it
is also written in such a way that it will appeal to the general
reader, and I truly hope that it is widely read and considered. It
is an important and timely contribution to the scholarly and public
debate about linguistic diversity, with real potential to change
the terms of that debate and to move it forward in productive
ways.
*International Journal of Constitutional Law*
Pillers introduction to applied sociolinguistics is an outstanding
addition to the growing body of work on language and people on the
move.
*Peter I. De Costa, Language in Society*
The book offers a thorough and powerful analysis of how
language-related issues stand in relation to injustice and
discrimination. Todays globalized world might celebrate linguistic
diversity rhetorically, but the author shows that reality is quite
different one of systemic inequality and disadvantage Piller has
the experience and expertise to write a volume such as this one,
and she has done an amazing and thorough job. The book constitutes
an important contribution to language related issues and social
justice correlation in todays globalized world.
*International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism*
Ingrid Piller presents a powerful case for how language is
variously overlooked or misunderstood as a factor that entrenches
disadvantage and inequality in a globalized society. She argues
that discrimination based on language persists, often justified by
appeal to the false premise that individuals exercise complete
control over their own linguistic repertoires, and reinforced by
tacit assumptions embedded in our cultural practices.
*Chris Cummins New Books Network*
This is a serious book on a serious subject. In a globalized world
whose rhetoric celebrates linguistic diversity, Ingrid Piller shows
that the reality is one of systemic inequality and disadvantage-and
makes a strong argument that linguistic questions should figure
prominently on the social justice agenda in the twenty-first
century.
*Deborah Cameron, Professor of Language and Communication,
University of Oxford*
A vivid, powerful, and sober analysis of how language serves to
entrench injustice and create indefensible discrimination. Piller's
wide-ranging book should inspire and shock both the general reader
and the research world.
*Robert Phillipson, Professor Emeritus, Copenhagen Business School
(Denmark), and author of books on language policy, linguistic
imperialism, and language rights*
This text is an excellent introduction to how language is connected
to local and global power structures.
*Mary Hudgens Henderson, Linguist List*
Highly recommended.
*Choice*
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