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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 linguists to do public engagement well. From podcasts to popular writing, from competitions to consultancy, from language creation to community projects, there are many ways in which linguists can share their research with the public. Bringing together insights from leading linguists working in academia as well as non-university professions, this unique collection:

    • Provides a forum for the discussion of challenges and opportunities of public engagement in linguistics in order to shape best practice
    • Documents best practice through a summary of some of the many excellent public engagement projects currently taking place internationally
    • Celebrates the long tradition of public engagement in linguistics, a discipline which is often misunderstood despite its direct and fundamental importance to everyday life

    Breaking down long-standing divisions between universities and the wider community, this book will be of significant value to academics in linguistics but also teachers, policy makers and anyone interested in better understanding the nature and use of language in society.

    Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

    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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