Top Tweets for #LanguageAndPower
Semantic re-stipulation is power’s quietest violence—changing words to change what can be thought.
#VocabularyCapture, #SemanticViolence, #LanguageAndPower, #ManufacturingConsent, #DiscursiveControl, #PoliticsOfMeaning,
https://t.co/XRceiYso5W
“Apni boli ko apni bhasha ko ek dibbi me band kar lijiye…
mai chauk gayi jab meri hi bhasha ko koi aur mujhse behtar bol raha tha.”
Manisha Kulshreshtha
Hindi novelist, short story writer & cultural curator
#nalandalittfest #HindiSahitya #LanguageAndPower
So I ask again. If our voices must change to be heard, if our tongues must shrink to be understood, if respect must be paid for in vowels and syllables, then tell me, are we truly free? 💁🏾♀️
#UncomfortableQuestions #ColonialHangover #Identity #LanguageAndPower
@KiranjeetK35249 Until our leaders stop seeing English as a saviour and Punjabi as a stage act,
they will rule our land,
but never represent our soul.
#PunjabiPolitics #ColonisedMindset #LanguageAndPower
💡 Our mission:
🗣️ Make speech equitable
⚙️ Use tech + tokenomics to reward communication
🏁 Turn every challenge into movement
This isn’t just a campaign.
It’s a race toward inclusive expression.
#AkarunToken #LanguageAndPower
#RecommendedReads for Writers: Writing India, Writing English by G.J.V. Prasad
#WritingIndiaWritingEnglish #GJVPrasad #BookRecommendation #Linguistics #TranslationStudies #IndianLanguages #LanguageAndPower #LiteratureAndCulture #MustReadBooks #IndianWriting #Bookstagram
In the course Language and Power, 11 students shared their findings on teaching English to migrant children and reflected on how using visuals and body language improved communicating with children across language barriers. #nyushanghai #languageandpower
Totally talking about @sanbenito in my classes today #languageandpower #decolonialpedagogy #Spanish #Wepa #PuertoRico #BadBunny
NOVEMBER MOST READ ARTICLES
#3 "Language and woman's place" by Robin Lakoff
https://t.co/UZU3fkXkUF
#gender #languageandpower #womenslanguage
JUNE MOST READ ARTICLES
#2 "Language and woman's place" by Robin Lakoff
https://t.co/UZU3fkXkUF
#Women #Gender #LanguageAndPower
"Speech presupposes a legitimate transmitter addressing a legitimate receiver, one who is recognized and recognizing"
Language is not just language. It's a power and legitimacy game that not all have access to
#bourdieu #languageandpower
Very red and very forthcoming: Global and Local Perspectives on Language Contact in @langscipress Contact and #Multilingualism series. #LanguageContact #Migration #Identity #LanguageAndPower
https://t.co/fuO6ZPipJN
Must. Stop. Buying. Books. 🙄 Enjoying dipping in and out of these three though #learning #languageandpower #communitiesofpractice #EAP #highereducation
How can teachers work w/in a country that protects linguistic freedoms when verbal violence is enacted on BIPOC youth? Check out our vid below where @LillianArdell and I unpack these ideas. #systemicracism #crt #languageandpower #teachertwitter #ell #mll #socialjustice
#Incredible #Speech produced by Amelia in Y11 on #MentalHealth 🤩👏🏻. @ReytGoodMiss and the English department are very #Proud @WalesHigh @mentalhealthwhs #FridayShoutOuts #ProudTeacher #Success #LanguageandPower #HardWork #Voice
Excellent re: "Bilingualism, the Brain and Society" with
@UjuAnya via @KnowableMag (https://t.co/xdSds1J8SW) #bilingualism #plurilingualism #languageandpower
Decolonize labour law @AdelleBlackett via @TWAILReview . Brilliant insights. Language matters!
#Decolonize #antiracism #neoliberalism #work #Labour #poverty #laws #languageandpower
Happy last day of Virtual Language Advocacy Days 2021, hosted by @JNCLInfo! Excited for what this new year has in store for the language advocacy community!
#LANGUAGE #languageandpower
Using language to control people and instill institutionalized knowledge within their educational systems has subjugated marginalized people in all areas of the world by separating human beings from their cultural identity. #WRT102Lis #languageandpower
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