Language, Migration and In/Exclusion in the Workplace

About the author

Jo Angouri is Professor and Academic Director of Education and Internationalisation at the University of Warwick, UK. Her research focuses on workplace interaction (corporate/health), multilingualism, diversity and migration, and language and politics.
Julie Kerekes is Associate Professor in Language and Literacies Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada. Her research interests include interlanguage pragmatics, language and power in intercultural institutional settings, and workplace communication.
Minna Suni is Professor of Finnish Language at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. She is a specialist in Finnish as a second language. Her recent research projects have focused on second language learning and use in the workplace.

Summary

This book focuses on the lived experiences of migrants who (try to) access the workplace, and explores the barriers and support they encounter. The chapters look at the ways in which inclusion and exclusion from the workplace are done linguistically from historical, discourse analytical, narrative and language assessment perspectives.

Product details

• Assisted by: Jo Angouri (Editor), Angouri Jo (Editor), Julie Kerekes (Editor), Minna Suni (Editor)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2023
• EAN: 9781800416932
• ISBN: 978-1-80041-693-2
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 330 g
• Series: Language at Work
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Workplace Culture, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Social groups, Sociolinguistics, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, Personnel & human resources management, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Bilingualism and multilingualism, Diversity, equality, equity and inclusion in the workplace