This week's #earlyview paper by Lotte Remue looks at the interactional strategies employed to build trust between unaccompanied minors and their guardians in the context of asylum interviews, with a focus on the social role of 'small stories' 👇
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Travel with us to #Italy and #Singapore in these two #early view papers exploring linguistic hierarchies and judgements 📝
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And from the Singaporean context, Velda Khoo looks at how pro-Singlish activists challenge characterisations of Singlish as a “deficient” English, asking how their reasoning can inadvertently reinforce linguistic hierarchies 👇
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First up Loiacono and Lagerwerf ask how linguistic stereotypes affect hearer perceptions of Southern and Northern Italian 🇮🇹 varieties 👇
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Check out our #EarlyView paper from the Journal of #Sociolonguistics for your #weekendreading!
Sandhya Krittika Narayanan's ethnographic study explores indigenous language education practices and (post?)colonial multilingual regimentation in Peru 👇
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Just out in the Journal of #Sociolinguistics - Jamie Duncan's interview with Roger W. Shuy. Collated from a year of correspondance, the interview is a fascinating reflection on the early years of the development & emergence of Sociolinguistics in the US!👇
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Our next #JoS issue features Jaspal Singh’s interview with Adam Jaworski! Looking back over a 40 year career, he reflects on intellectual curiosity, innovation & reading beyond disciplinary boundaries 📚
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This article presents correspondences with Roger W. Shuy carried out from February 2025 to March 2026. Shuy is a linguist known for his pioneering work in Forensic Linguistics since the 1980s. Prior ...
In the lead-up to their asylum interviews, unaccompanied minors often struggle to disclose the highly sensitive and personal narratives of their migration journeys to their guardians. Instead, they m...
