Language: Cognition, Practice, Policy and Ideology
The aim of this cluster is to provide a dialogic space for researchers and practitioners from a range of disciplines and theoretical backgrounds to critically explore the affordances and tensions inherent in the study of language theories, practices, policies and ideologies within and across societies. We will do this by focusing on a number of interrelated domains including, but not limited to:
- Multilingual landscape
- Transnational mobility and plurlingual identities
- Language and the globalised workplace
- Minority language spaces
- Virtual language practices
- Language education
- Language in/of education
- Translanguaging
- Language learning pedagogies and policies
- Standardised language ideologies
- Native speakerism
- Linguistic discrimination
- Language in conflicts
- Language in/of the media
- Linguistic variation and change
- Language as a cognitive phenomenon
- First language acquisition
- Additional language acquisition
- Language processing
Invited speaker events, cluster member presented research, reading groups and conferences will highlight the work of Applied Linguists within the School and provide opportunities for cooperation and collaboration with colleagues from across the university and beyond.
Digital Sustainability for Minoritized Languages Symposium
5th March 2026 saw the organization of an all-day interdisciplinary symposium on the theme of Digital Sustainability for Minoritized Languages, kindly funded by both the Centre for Advanced Studies in Languages and Cultures and the MA in Applied Linguistics, and organised by Dr Isabelle Jouinot, Dr Anne Marie Devlin, and Dr Erin McNulty.
Digital Sustainability for Minoritized Languages
In addition to the keynote on the poster, the event will also feature a keynote by Dr Kristin Dowell (Florida State University) entitled: “Beacons of Light: The Role of Digital Media in Native American Language Reclamation”.