Language Activism: The Role of Scholars in Linguistic Reform and Social Change

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Cecelia Cutler (City University of New York) Unn Røyneland (Universitetet i Oslo)

Language Activism

The Role of Scholars in Linguistic Reform and Social Change

Cecelia Cutler (City University of New York), Unn Røyneland (Universitetet i Oslo), Zvjezdana Vrzić (New York University)

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Cambridge University Press
06 February 2025

Philosophy of language; Sociolinguistics

Bringing together a renowned group of scholars from a range of disciplines – sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, philosophy of language, and language documentation – this book explores the role academics can play in language activism. It surveys the most common tensions that language researchers experience in their attempts to enact social change through their work, such as how far they can become politically involved, how they can maintain objectivity in an activist role, whether their work can ever be apolitical, and what ideologies they propagate. In a series of concise original chapters, each author discusses their own experiences and personal concerns; some offering more theoretically informed elaborations on the topic of language activism. Showcasing the state-of-the-art in language activism, this book is essential reading for anyone considering the need for scholarly engagement with the public and the communities in which they work, and the impact that this activism can have on society.

Edited by: Cecelia Cutler (City University of New York), Unn Røyneland (Universitetet i Oslo), Zvjezdana Vrzić (New York University)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781108833165
ISBN 10: 1108833160
Pages: 262
Publication Date: 06 February 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Cecelia Cutler is Professor and Chair of the M.A./Ph.D. Program in Linguistics at the CUNY Graduate Center. Recent publications include Multilingual Youth Practices in Computer Mediated Communication (co-edited with Røyneland, CUP, 2018) and Digital Orality (co-edited with Ahmar and Bahri, Palgrave, 2022). Unn Røyneland is Professor and Center Director of MultiLing (Center of Multilingualism, 2021-24), University of Oslo. Recent volumes include Multilingual Youth Practices in Computer Mediated Communication (co-edited with Cutler, CUP, 2018) Multilingualism across the Lifespan and Spaces of Multilingualism (both co-edited with Blackwood, Routledge, 2022). Zvjezdana Vrzić is Adjunct Professor in Sociolinguistics at the Department of Linguistics of New York University. Recent work includes the publication Language Contact in Africa and the African Diaspora in the Americas (co-edited with Angermeyer and Cutler, John Benjamins, 2017) and language collection Documentation of the Vlashki/Zheyanski Language ('ruo') (Endangered Language Archive, 2018).