1st Edition
Becoming a Linguist Advice from Key Thinkers in Language Studies
List of contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Eldin Milak
1 Re-making linguistics
Noam Chomsky
2 What I got out of linguistics, and what I gave back
William Labov
3 Becoming an applied linguist
Claire Kramsch
4 Lessons learned
Diane Larsen- Freeman
5 Welcome to a lifetime of fun
Richard (‘Dick’) Hudson
6 On becoming/ observing people languaging
Ofelia Garcia
7 Worlds in grains of sand: Interactional sociolinguistics and linguistic ethnography
Ben Rampton
8 Embracing vulnerability
Suresh Canagarajah
9 The reluctant linguist
Alastair Pennycook
10 From apprentice to mentor: An applied linguist’s voyage
Lourdes Ortega
11 Remaking the world with linguistics
Anna Kristina Hultgren
12 Why identity, ideology and emotion matter: A Global South perspective
Peter De Costa
13 Chronotopes: Time and space in identity-making
Sender Dovchin
14 Yes, aspiring linguist, what you’re doing is linguistics
Uju Anya
15 Arriving at a linguistics of hope
Usree Bhattacharya
Conclusion
Ana Tankosić
Index
Biography
Eldin Milak received his PhD in Linguistics from Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea. His research looks at language and script practices and policies in the context of East Asia. Eldin is a Global Korea scholar, a Korea Foundation postdoctoral fellow, and lecturer at Curtin University, Australia.
Ana Tankosić completed her PhD in 2023 at Curtin University, Australia. Her research explores sociolinguistic and cultural inequities, translingual identities, and discourses of the Global South. Ana is a Fulbright alumna from Bosnia and Herzegovina, lecturing and conducting research in Australia.
