The Politics of Researching Multilingually

This book offers a unique understanding of how researchers' linguistic resources, and the languages they use, are politically and structurally constrained, with implications for the reliability of the research. The book will help readers to make theoretically and methodologically informed choices about the political dimensions of their research.

About the author

Prue Holmes is Professor and Director of Research in the School of Education, University of Durham, UK. She is the editor of The Cultural and Intercultural Dimensions of English as a Lingua Franca (with Fred Dervin, 2016, Multilingual Matters).
Judith Reynolds is Lecturer in multilingual and intercultural communication in the Centre for Language and Communication Research, Cardiff University, UK. Her research focuses on how language and culture intersect, and how both shape identities, in particular in professional and workplace settings.
Sara Ganassin is Lecturer in applied linguistics and communication in the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences, Newcastle University, UK. She is the author of Language, Culture and Identity in Two Chinese Community Schools. More than One Way of Being Chinese? (2020, Multilingual Matters).

Summary

This book offers a unique understanding of how researchers’ linguistic resources, and the languages they use, are politically and structurally constrained, with implications for the reliability of the research. The book will help readers to make theoretically and methodologically informed choices about the political dimensions of their research.

Product details

• Assisted by: Sara Ganassin (Editor), Prue Holmes (Editor), Holmes Prue (Editor), Judith Reynolds (Editor)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9781800410138
• ISBN: 978-1-80041-013-8
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 550 g
• Series: Researching Multilingually
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, REFERENCE / Research, Sociolinguistics, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Bilingualism and multilingualism, Research methods: general, Research methods / methodology