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Communicating Linguistics: Language, Community and Public Engagement book cover

1st Edition

Communicating Linguistics Language, Community and Public Engagement

Edited By Hazel Price, Dan McIntyre Copyright 2023
264 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

264 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Increasingly, academics are called upon to demonstrate the value of linguistics and explain their research to the wider public. In support of this agenda, Communicating Linguistics: Language, Community and Public Engagement provides an overview of the wide range of public engagement activities currently being undertaken in linguistics, as well as practically focused advice aimed at helping... Read more

Contents

Contributors

Introduction

  1. Public linguistics

    2. Hazel Price and Dan McIntyre

    Part 1: Popularising linguistics

  2. Principles of good research communication

    3. Hannah Little

  3. Podcasting: The Vocal Fries Pod

    4. Carrie Gillon and Megan Figueroa

  4. Blogging and microblogging linguistics for the lay reader

    5. M. Lynne Murphy

  5. Engaging the public and enriching language education through Babel: The Language Magazine

    6. Dan McIntyre and Lesley Jeffries

  6. On engaging the radio listener

    7. Laura Wright

  7. Writing a ‘popular science’ book

    8. Jane Setter

  8. Linguistics for schools

    9. Richard Hudson

  9. Linguists in schools

    10. Billy Clark

    Part 2: Communicating linguistics

  10. Communicating lexicography

    11. Danica Salazar

  11. Exploring the impact of figurative communication and advertising: reflections on a collaboration between linguistics researchers and a Midlands-based marketing agency

    12. Samantha Ford and Jeanette Littlemore

  12. Community projects

    13. Natalie Braber

  13. Communicating research on metaphor and illness

    14. Elena Semino

  14. Public engagement via consultancy: communicating the language of mental illness

    15. Hazel Price

  15. Developing resources for Modern South Arabian languages

    16. Janet C. E. Watson and Abdullah al-Mahri

  16. Public engagement in audiovisual translation: the case of respeaking

    17. Zoe Moores

  17. Dialect coaching and linguistics

    18. Brendan Gunn

  18. Language creation and engagement: a how-to guide

    19. Christine Schreyer

  19. Engaging with public engagement: a personal retrospective

          David Crystal

References

Index

Biography

Hazel Price is a Lecturer in English Language at the University of Salford, UK.

Dan McIntyre is Professor of English Language at Uppsala University, Sweden.

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