My empirical research on linguistic practice in India has been foundational to a series of articles coauthored with Mary Bucholtz that interrogate the relationship between language and identity. Our ...

An advanced sociolinguistic study of how language is used to represent and construct aspects of identity relevant to particular social interactions, including the individual’s ability to negotiate ...

The order is expected to be largely symbolic but would be a victory for America’s English-only movement, which has long had ...

President Donald Trump designated English the official language in the United States for the first time in its nearly 250-year history. Here’s what that means.

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order designating English as the official language of the United States, and activists and advocacy groups are alarmed by what that will mean ...

In Word of Mouth, Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright are joined by writer and musician CN Lester, author of 'Trans Like Me: A Journey for All of Us', to talk about language and gender identity.

While codifying an official language can help “define the character of the state and the cultural identity of the people within it,” the institute warns that doing so may “place a particular ...