Sources on Polyglossia
Below you will find a list of academic resources on key aspects of polyglossia understood from the perspective of critical sociolinguistics.
1. Accentism:
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The Hyperpolyglot Activist. Speaking without an Accent is like Typing without a Font (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62DR8REug0M)
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Barrie, Kreinik: "Do You Have an Accent?" Medium (https://barriekreinik.medium.com/do-you-have-an-accent-6c8cd471c2a7)
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​​The Accentism Project
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2. Endangered Language Revitalization:
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The Hyperpolyglot Activist. How to Revive a Language (Revivalistics), ft. Prof.Ghil'ad Zuckermann
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLmk8nwef8o)
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Revivalistics: From the Genesis of Israeli to Language Reclamation in Australia and Beyond.
(https://global.oup.com/academic/product/revivalistics-9780199812790?cc=gb&lang=en&)
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Endangered Languages Project
(https://www.endangeredlanguages.com)
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UNESCO Project: Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000192416)
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3. Decolonial Linguistics:
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Decolonising the MFL Curriculum: Step 1
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qp1BZq14v8)
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Deumert, Ana, Storch, Anne, and Nick Shepherd. 2021. Colonial and Decolonial Linguistics: Knowledges and Epistemes. Oxford : Oxford University Press.
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4. Esperanto:
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The Hyperpolyglot Activist. The Fascinating Ideologies of Esperanto.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn40hUC_8b4)
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Gobbo, Federico. 2017 "Beyond the Nation-State? The Ideology of the Esperanto Movement between Neutralism and Multilingualism". Multilingualism and Social Inclusion (including the English translation of the quoted manifestos as shown in the video)
(https://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/1140)
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5. Flags not representing languages:
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Why Flags DO NOT and SHOULD NOT Represent Languages
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Umc1xke9MgE)
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Billig, Michael. Banal Nationalism.
(https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/banal-nationalism/book205032)
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-Website:
Flags are not Languages
(https://www.flagsarenotlanguages.com/blog/)
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6. (Hyper)polyglossia:
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Multilingual vs. Polyglot vs. Hyperpolyglot
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wNHHjeQhmo)
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What is The Point of Learning so Many Languages? ft. Dr. Usman Chohan (HYPIA)
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPc9Y_KKyuY)
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Chohan, U. Who is a Hyperpolyglot. The Papers of the International Association of Hyperpolyglots (HYPIA). 2021
(https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3760731)
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Erard, M. Babel No More: The Search for the World´s Most Extraordinary Language Learners. New York: Free Press. 2012.
(https://www.amazon.co.uk/Babel-No-More-Extraordinary-Language/dp/1451628269)
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HYPIA: The International Association of Hyperpolyglots
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The Hyperpolyglot Activist
(www.thehyperpolyglotactivist.com)
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7. Language learning vs. Language Acquisition:
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The Hyperpolyglot Activist. Language Learning vs Language Acquisition: Difference and Implications.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ezSxRDXqok)
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Stephen Krashen and Language Acquisition
(https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/esol/cpd/module2/docs/krashenFINALtext.pdf)
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8. Linguicide:
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The Hyperpolyglot Activist. Languages DON'T DIE. They are KILLED
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKZyxaou5RU)
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Calvet, Jean. Linguistique et colonialisme: petit traité de glottophagie. Paris: Payot, 1974.
(https://www.amazon.co.uk/Linguistique-colonialisme-petit-traite-glottophagie/dp/2228880280)
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9. Nativespeakerism:
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The Hyperpolyglotactivist. The "Native Speaker" Myth
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGJkmICo_t0)
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The Hyperpolyglotactivist. Why Most "Native" Speakers DON'T Have a C2 Level.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPx1SDpLHvA)
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Chow, Rey. 2014. Not like a Native Speaker: Languaging as a Postcolonial Practice. New York: Columbia University Press.
(http://cup.columbia.edu/book/not-like-a-native-speaker/9780231151443)
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Holliday, Adrian. 2017. "Native-speakerism" in Liontas, J. (Ed.), TESOL encyclopaedia of English language teaching, Bognor Regis, Wiley.
(https://adrianholliday.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/native-speakerism-proofs.pdf)
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10. Translanguaging:
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The Hyperpolyglot Activist. Code-switching vs. Translanguaging: Difference and Ideological Implications.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWNU79q5BZ4)
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Garcia, O., Otheguy, R., Reid, Wallis: Clarifying translanguaging and deconstructing named languages: A perspective from linguistics. Applied Linguistics Review 6(3): 281-307, 2015.