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- August 9, 2012
- 11:39 PM
- 326 views
Human capital on the move
by Ingrid Piller in Language on the Move
The labour market integration of migrants presents a persistent conundrum. The Australian story – as that of other migrant destinations – is largely told as a success story: the skilled migration program with its focus on bringing human capital into … Continue reading →... Read more »
Colic-Peisker, Val. (2011) ‘Ethnics’ and ‘Anglos’ in the Labour Force: Advancing Australia Fair?. Journal of Intercultural Studies, 32(6), 637-654. DOI: 10.1080/07256868.2011.618108
- July 24, 2012
- 01:22 AM
- 377 views
Home is where I’m alienated*
by Ingrid Piller in Language on the Move
To be transnational has become rather fashionable: never before in human history have so many people been on the move, airfares have never been so cheap, new communication technologies have never been so, well, new, and space and time have … Continue reading →... Read more »
QURESHI, KAVERI. (2012) Pakistani labour migration and masculinity: industrial working life, the body and transnationalism . Global networks. DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0374.2012.00362.x
- June 26, 2012
- 06:50 PM
- 436 views
Shopping while bilingual can make you sick
by Ingrid Piller in Language on the Move
I’ve just found an e-mail from Apple in my spam folder with a ‘personal’ invitation to attend one of their new store openings in Sydney. I’m not going for two reasons: first, Apple has not yet done anything to improve … Continue reading →... Read more »
Hyung Chol Yoo, Gilbert C. Gee, & David Takeuchi. (2008) Discrimination and health among Asian American immigrants: Disentangling racial from language discrimination. Social Science , 68(4), 726-732. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.11.013
- May 21, 2012
- 08:41 PM
- 635 views
What would you do?
by Ingrid Piller in Language on the Move
Caroline Tennant Kelly with two of her photos from the Cherbourg Aboriginal Settlement (Source: Sydney Morning Herald at http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/the-bohemian-and-her-mission-20100416-skgk.html) In 1924 the first university Department of Anthropology in Australia was founded at the University of Sydney. The founding professor was … Continue reading →... Read more »
Kidd, Rosalind. (1997) The Way We Civilise: Aboriginal Affairs - the untold story. University of Queensland Press. info:/
- April 27, 2012
- 08:49 AM
- 598 views
Yiman does not have a word for ‘massacre’
by Ingrid Piller in Language on the Move
Memorial to Yiman leader Bilba at Wallumbilla (Source: Goodbye Bussamarai) On October 27, 1857, a group of Aboriginal Australians, members of a group known as Yiman carried out a massacre: they attacked Hornet Bank Station, a newly-established large sheep run … Continue reading →... Read more »
Reid, Gordon. (1982) A Nest of Hornets: The Massacre of the Fraser Family at Hornet Bank Station, Central Queensland, 1857, and Related Events. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. info:/
- April 20, 2012
- 04:12 AM
- 534 views
Globalisation and nationalism
by Ingrid Piller in Language on the Move
Many things have changed in Australia since I first came here in the mid-1990s. One of these is a noticeable increase in displays of national ardour: for instance, there is the ever-expanding flag-waving and display of the national colours on … Continue reading →... Read more »
Ariely, G. (2012) Globalisation and the decline of national identity? An exploration across sixty-three countries. Nations and Nationalism. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8129.2011.00532.x
Blad, C., & Koçer, B. (2012) Political Islam and State Legitimacy in Turkey: The Role of National Culture in Neoliberal State-Building. International Political Sociology, 6(1), 36-56. DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-5687.2012.00150.x
MACHIDA, S. (2012) Does Globalization Render People More Ethnocentric? Globalization and People's Views on Cultures. American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 71(2), 436-469. DOI: 10.1111/j.1536-7150.2012.00835.x
- March 7, 2012
- 04:17 AM
- 529 views
Strange academic women
by Ingrid Piller in Language on the Move
We are marking International Women’s Day here on Language-on-the-Move with a portrait of Cezaria Baudouin de Courtenay Ehrenkreutz Jędrzejewiczowa, the first female Chair Professor of Anthropology at Warsaw University and, possibly, anywhere else in the world. Like many successful women … Continue reading →... Read more »
Czarniawska, B., & Sevón, G. (2008) The Thin End of the Wedge: Foreign Women Professors as Double Strangers in Academia. Gender, Work , 15(3), 235-287. DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2008.00392.x
- February 27, 2012
- 12:19 AM
- 516 views
The sociolinguistics of nail care
by Ingrid Piller in Language on the Move
Have you recently had a manicure or a pedicure? I haven’t. In fact, I’ve never been to a nail salon in my life. Until about a decade ago that would not have been unusual among my friends and acquaintances. Today, … Continue reading →... Read more »
Eckstein S, & Nguyen TN. (2011) The making and transnationalization of an ethnic niche: Vietnamese manicurists. The International migration review, 45(3), 639-74. PMID: 22171362
- February 20, 2012
- 01:11 AM
- 551 views
Bilingualism: Bane or Boon?
by Ingrid Piller in Language on the Move
Hungarians in Romania Up until a few decades ago, the academic consensus – along with public opinion – was that bilingualism is detrimental to the individual and society. Nowadays, that has all changed and the new consensus is that bilingualism … Continue reading →... Read more »
Kiss, Z. (2011) Language policy and language ideologies in Szekler Land (Rumania): A promotion of bilingualism?. Multilingua - Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 30(2), 221-264. DOI: 10.1515/mult.2011.010
- February 14, 2012
- 05:23 PM
- 593 views
Language shift and phone sex
by Ingrid Piller in Language on the Move
Ever since I left my native village in the Bavarian Forest more than 25 years ago, I have been returning for regular, even if infrequent, visits. Over the years, there have been many changes and two of them have been … Continue reading →... Read more »
Lucht, F., Frey, B., & Salmons, J. (2011) A Tale of Three Cities: Urban-Rural Asymmetries in Language Shift?. Journal of Germanic Linguistics, 23(04), 347-374. DOI: 10.1017/S1470542711000195
- November 24, 2011
- 11:07 PM
- 731 views
Language costs
by Ingrid Piller in Language on the Move
USD 254,000: that is the cost of raising two children bilingually in English and German in Denver, Colorado. That’s a lot of money, and inspired me to do some number-crunching of my own. To begin with, it’s a reminder that … Continue reading →... Read more »
Phillipson, R. (2008) THE LINGUISTIC IMPERIALISM OF NEOLIBERAL EMPIRE . Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 5(1), 1-43. DOI: 10.1080/15427580701696886
- November 3, 2011
- 08:25 PM
- 743 views
Learn English, Make Friends!
by Ingrid Piller in Language on the Move
How to make English-speaking friends is one of the perennial hot topics for new overseas students and new migrants. Advice on how to make “native” friends circulates like an underground currency: “Move in with English-speaking flat-mates!” “Avoid co-ethnics!” “Watch footy … Continue reading →... Read more »
Ryan, Louise. (2011) Migrants' social networks and weak ties: accessing resources and constructing relationships post‐migration. The Sociological Review, 59(4), 707-724. info:/10.1111/j.1467-954X.2011.02030.x
- October 18, 2011
- 05:49 PM
- 718 views
The politics of subtitling
by Ingrid Piller in Language on the Move
Recently, I watched a TV documentary about the proliferation of Nomura jellyfish in Japanese coastal waters. It was a shocking tale of the devastating environmental, economic, social and human impact of overfishing, global warming and marine pollution. The reason I’m … Continue reading →... Read more »
Susana A. Eisenchlas, Chiharu Tsurutani. (2011) YOU SOUND ATTRACTIVE! PERCEPTIONS OF ACCENTED ENGLISH IN A MULTILINGUAL ENVIRONMENT. Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 34(2), 216-236. info:/
- October 6, 2011
- 12:34 AM
- 786 views
Toiletological English
by Ingrid Piller in Language on the Move
Can you guess what kind of product the following text is promoting? Your well-being is close to our heart rail&fresh [product] areas are bright and friendly and leave nothing to be desired. The [product] facilities are kept perfectly clean round … Continue reading →... Read more »
PILLER, I. (2001) Identity constructions in multilingual advertising. Language in Society, 30(2), 153-186. DOI: 10.1017/S0047404501002019
- August 26, 2011
- 02:50 AM
- 1,159 views
Does internationalization change research content?
by Ingrid Piller in Language on the Move
Every linguistics undergraduate student is by now familiar with the fact of linguistic imperialism in academic publishing where the pressure to publish in international journals translates into the pressure to publish in English, leaving researchers from non-English-speaking backgrounds at a … Continue reading →... Read more »
Kang, M. (2009) ‘State‐guided’ university reform and colonial conditions of knowledge production. Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, 10(2), 191-205. DOI: 10.1080/14649370902823355
- August 16, 2011
- 08:10 AM
- 1,095 views
Free language choice?
by Ingrid Piller in Language on the Move
Pretty much everyone I know wants to learn English or improve their English – with the exception of those who consider themselves native speakers, obviously. What is more, everyone I know knows that everyone else wants to learn English (the … Continue reading →... Read more »
Clayton, S. (2008) The problem of ‘choice’ and the construction of the demand for English in Cambodia. Language Policy, 7(2), 143-164. DOI: 10.1007/s10993-008-9084-9
- July 20, 2011
- 12:51 AM
- 1,106 views
The cult of personal responsibility
by Ingrid Piller in Language on the Move
Ads for a campaign to speak German are currently all over Germany. The campaign is called “Ich spreche Deutsch” (I speak German) and aims to convince migrant youths to learn more German or learn German faster. The campaign’s clever slogan … Continue reading →... Read more »
VIRGINIA P. COLLIER. (1989) How Long? A Synthesis of Research on Academic Achievement in a Second Language. TESOL Quarterly, 509-531. info:/
García, O. (2011) Educating New York's bilingual children: constructing a future from the past. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 14(2), 133-153. DOI: 10.1080/13670050.2010.539670
Yates, L. (2011) Interaction, language learning and social inclusion in early settlement. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 14(4), 457-471. DOI: 10.1080/13670050.2011.573068
- June 27, 2011
- 01:06 AM
- 1,194 views
Not knowing English good for business?
by Ingrid Piller in Language on the Move
The current global orthodoxy holds that learning English is good: individuals who know English are supposed to have an advantage in the job market and countries with large English-learning populations are supposed to be “developing” and “modernizing.” Critical sociolinguists have, … Continue reading →... Read more »
NEIL M. COE, JENNIFER JOHNS AND KEVIN WARD. (2012) Limits to expansion: transnational corporations and territorial embeddedness in the Japanese temporary staffing market. Global Networks, 12(1), 1-26. info:/
- June 20, 2011
- 04:13 AM
- 1,169 views
Tyranny of Language
by Ingrid Piller in Language on the Move
Our contributor in Karachi, Md. Ali Khan, has alerted me to what seems to be a fascinating book: The Tyranny of Language in Education by Zubeida Mustafa published by Ushba Books. I’d love to read the book but trying to … Continue reading →... Read more »
Han, Huamei. (2011) Social inclusion through multilingual ideologies, policies and practices: a case study of a minority church. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 14(4), 383-398. info:/
- June 2, 2011
- 07:44 AM
- 1,204 views
Language revitalization and liberation
by Ingrid Piller in Language on the Move
I’ve recently come across the story of Chibana Shoichi, who burnt the Japanese flag in 1987 to commemorate the Okinawan victims of WWII Japanese militarism. The story is intriguing not because of the flag-burning incident but because Shoichi also keeps … Continue reading →... Read more »
Heinrich, P. (2004) Language Planning and Language Ideology in the Ryūkyū Islands. Language Policy, 153-179. DOI: 10.1023/B:LPOL.0000036192.53709.fc
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