School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics & Department of Linguistics

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Roles
School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics Department of Linguistics Professor of Language Policy and Revitalisation
Department
School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics & Department of Linguistics
Qualifications
PhD (Lancaster)
Building
Main Building
Office
P428b
Email address
js72@soas.ac.uk
Telephone number
020 7898 4326

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Fields of expertise

  • Multilingualism
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Language policy and planning
  • Endangered language revitalisation
  • Language documentation

Regional Expertise

  • Oceania (Language policy and revitalisation)
  • Europe

Country Expertise: ADD

  • British Isles
  • Thailand (Minority language support and revitalisation)

Language expertise

  • French, German: C2.  I am able to give lectures and examine doctoral theses in these languages.
  • Guernesiais: C1+

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My main research interests relate to small, minority and endangered languages: e.g. language revitalisation, language policy and planning, mainly from a sociolinguistic perspective. I have contributed to international recognition of language revitalisation as a field of study. I also undertake broader research in the fields of multilingualism, sociolinguistics, linguistic ethnography and linguistic anthropology.

In 2019 I secured funding from AHRC/CHASE for a collaborative PhD studentship 'Multilingualism in perspective: language practices, identities and ideologies in the Sylheti community in Tower Hamlets, London’ (collaborators: Osmani Trust, Tower Hamlets, and Goldsmiths, University of London).

I have become increasingly interested in interdisciplinary studies, e.g. links between languages and development, language use and wellbeing, language and gender; and their implications for language policy. I have co-supervised two PhD students with Anthropology, and am currently co-supervising one with the Music department (music and the revitalisation of Ainu in Japan).

I have also developed collaborative research links with researchers in Thailand (5 collaborative projects to date), New Zealand, Fiji, and Croatia. Since 2000 I have been working with the endangered language community in Guernsey, Channel Islands.

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Name Title
Takako Kawabata Choice of languages and scripts in the Japanese linguistic landscape (tentative title)
Meriem Sallemine
Becky Winstanley Multilingualism in Tower Hamlets: Sylheti practices, places, connections and ideologies.
Lingxia Zhou Hegemony and Counter-hegemony in Multilingual China: A case study of language policy and campaigns in Shanghai [WORKING TITLE]
Miho Zlazli A case study of Master-Apprentice initiative with new speakers of Ryukyuan languages (Working Title)

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Email
js72@soas.ac.uk
Telephone
020 7898 4326

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