Manly Blog · @MnlyBeach
30 followers · 199 posts · Server aus.social
Get to know your neighbours
There are around 1,500 languages spoken across Melanesia. In Papua New Guinea alone, 800 distinct languages are spoken
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-23/melanesian-arts-and-culture-festival-kicks-off-in-vanuatu/102625218
#diversity #monolingualism #monoculture #language #culture #Kastom
#diversity #monolingualism #monoculture #language #culture #kastom
Dr Julia Molinari · @serenissimaj
408 followers · 299 posts · Server sciences.socialNoticing v. anecdotally - in #academia - how quickly 'n often monoligual speakers of English in my #UK context go on the defensive (in their tone of voice - a mix of sarcasm/affront) when presented with non-English sources and references: eg. 'would be nice to have an English plug-in for that!' or 'not all of us are multilingual' and 'I don't feel this is a very inclusive space'.
#MonoLingualism #MultiLingualism
#TransLingualism
#LinguisticImperialism #PunchingUp
#PunchingDown
#HigherEducation
#academia #uk #monolingualism #multilingualism #translingualism #linguisticimperialism #punchingup #punchingdown #highereducation
BellingenNSW · @Bellingen
57 followers · 306 posts · Server mastodon.au
Almost half the world’s linguistic diversity is threatened
"Some regions of the world such as South America and Australia are expected to lose all of their Indigenous linguistic #diversity, because all of the indigenous languages there are threatened."
https://theconversation.com/research-on-2-400-languages-shows-nearly-half-the-worlds-language-diversity-is-at-risk-204014
Australian Autochthonous #Languages
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Aboriginal_languages
The United Nations declared 2022–2032 the Decade of #IndigenousLanguages
https://www.unesco.org/en/decades/indigenous-languages
#Culture #Impoverishment #Monolingualism #Monoculture #Glottophobia #English #Australian #Language
#diversity #languages #indigenouslanguages #culture #impoverishment #monolingualism #monoculture #glottophobia #english #australian #language
Dr Julia Molinari · @serenissimaj
285 followers · 122 posts · Server sciences.social"The limits of translingualism:
In search of complementary forms of resistance", co-authored and published #OpenAccess in:
https://apples.journal.fi/article/view/114738 in the Journal of Applied Language Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47862/apples.114738
#AcademicWriting #inequality #TranslingualWriting #AcWri #Translingualism #AppliedLinguistics #Monolingualism #Resistance #tleap
#openaccess #academicwriting #inequality #TranslingualWriting #acwri #translingualism #appliedlinguistics #monolingualism #resistance #tleap