Language in Society

Language in Society is an international journal of #sociolinguistics concerned with #language and #discourse as aspects of social life.

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"Beyond the gender binary: Variation and the social meaning of rhoticity in Nigerian English" by PraiseGod Aminu

https://t.co/oCyVjHgk6r
#AfricanLanguages #Colonialism #Coloniality #GenderInAfrica #NigerianCrossdressers #NigerianEnglish #Stance #Variation

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"‘To invest or divest’: Speculative bilingualism and meritocratic subjectivity in Chinese multinational corporations amid post-globalisation dynamics" by @Eleanor_GY

#PostGlobalisation #MultinationalCorporations #LanguageInvestment

https://t.co/g26SxgJXeQ

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"“SI NO HABLAS ESPAÑOL, ¡TE LARGAS!”: Language ideologies, stylization, and shaming of ‘no sabo kids’ on Caso Cerrado" by Sean McKinnon

#LanguageIdeologies #LanguageShaming #LanguagePanic #Personae #Enregisterment #SpanishInTheUS

https://t.co/JDl69ErpmY

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NEW FROM 55(3)

"The communicative dynamics of diasporic affect in a conflict-affected community: The case of Greek-Cypriot diaspora" by Constadina Charalambous, Michalinos Zembylas & Xanthia Aristidou

#Affect #Diaspora #Emotions #Interaction #Belonging
https://t.co/0G9Zjg0KgP

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"Language in the age of AI technology: From human to non-human authenticity, from public governance to privatised assemblages" by @Iker_Erdocia, Britta Schneider & Bettina Migge

#StandardLanguage #AI #AuthorityInLanguage #BigTech #RAE
https://t.co/c16G6DjjSb

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NEW FROM 55(3)

"Against the game: Sid Meier’s Civilization and vernacular theories of language" by @KateSpowage

#LanguageIdeologies #Videogames #Postcolonialism
https://t.co/HmHRb1eqgs

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NEW FROM 55(3)

"Held to account: Comparing adversarial questioning in remote and in-person parole hearings" by David Peplow & Jake Phillips

#Accounts #AdversarialQuestioning #ConversationAnalysis #Parole #Responsibility
https://t.co/CLLgpjQaUY

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NEW FROM 55(3)

"“And I do think you have to give a kind of yes or no answer to that question”: Supportive alignment in US Supreme Court oral arguments" by John Terry Dundon
#InstitutionalDiscourse #LegalDiscourse #SCOTUS #MultipartyInteraction #Alignment

https://t.co/UFQCFg3rxn

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NEW FROM 55(3)

"Constructing Māori deaf identity in New Zealand Sign Language" by Melissa Simchowitz & Rachel McKee

#NZSignLanguage #MāoriDeaf #Ethnicity #Identity #Variation
https://t.co/kz4pHfFMWS

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"Ethnolinguistic infusion: Community language socialization and reclamation without proficiency" by @DonnaOr30503215

#HeritageLanguage #Hebrew #Loanwords #LanguageContact #Translanguaging #Postvernacularity #LanguageRevitalization
https://t.co/caUWE9WgcR

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"Displaying limited availability for an upcoming recruitment in nurses’ corridor interactions with hospital coworkers" by Angeliki Balantani & Esther González-Martínez

https://t.co/Gs9jemlQi2
#MCA #SummonsAnswerSequence #Availability #Recruitment #Nurse

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"Exploring the discursive and multimodal strategies of collective leadership in a professional football team" by Stephanie Schnurr, Kieran File, Molly Gardiner & @ozdeozinanir
https://t.co/DODKh51YYH
#DACOntology #CollectiveLeadership #Football #WebOfLeadership

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NEW TRIBUTE FROM 55(3)

"“No questions? Then, fight me!” A tribute to Deborah Cameron (1958–2026)" by Rodrigo Borba

https://t.co/c4Iiv1oSJ0

#Sociolinguistics #LanguageAndGender #Feminism #Power #Ideology

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NEW ISSUE: 55(3)

https://t.co/QnPsAePQtU

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"Deborah (Debbie) Cameron, 1958–2026" by Sally McConnell-Ginet

https://t.co/9SgNUq541s

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"Demarcating place authenticity in the CHICAGO vowel" by Annette D'Onofrio & Michael Senko

#Authenticity #Place #Race #SociolinguisticVariation #Differentiation #Chronotope
https://t.co/Ut4IbZOkvh

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NEW FROM 55(2)

"Intelligibility as a sociolinguistic variable:The entanglement of the social and the semantic in multilingual practice" by James Slotta

#Multilingualism #Codeswitching #Intelligibility #SocialMeaning #GlobalLanguages
https://t.co/M6rLmMPf2i

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NEW FROM 55(2)

"Recursive recalibration and the social meaning of codeswitching" by Evelyn Fernández-Lizárraga

#Stance #Codeswitching #SocialMeaning #EpistemicRights #Style #Media
https://t.co/kJOhR2bdVv

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NEW FROM 55(2)

"Dissecting the dominant framings of multilingualism in education in Pakistan: A southern perspective" by Hassan Syed & Waqar Ali Shah

#Multilingualism #SouthernTheory #Governmentality #Neoliberalism #LanguageEducation #LanguagePolicy

https://t.co/rHY1FnSpUP

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NEW FROM 55(2)

""The ‘Critical Role’ of voice quality in Dungeons and Dragons: A case study of non-player characters voiced by Matthew Mercer"" by Zac Boyd, Míša Hejná

#VoiceQuality #Stance #Methods #Affect #Morality
https://t.co/y6zoEqOCUB