Globalising Sociolinguistics

I have been attending a conference at Leiden University, Globalising Sociolinguistics: Challenging the Anglo-Western nature of Sociolinguistics and expanding theories. The goal of the conference is “to lay bare the nature and the mechanisms related to the named bias and arrive at a more comprehensive understanding of sociolinguistic issues around the world”.

Talk at Leiden University Centre for Linguistics

Today I give a talk for the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics. The talk, ‘Moving across languages and learning traditions’, will be in 16:00 – 17:00 in Eyckhof 3/005. I will present my research on the social and cultural patterning of language learning in three multilingual African communities. In the late 1990s I was a visiting scholar in African Languages and Linguistics at Leiden University, and I am excited to see old friends and hear about the exciting work they are doing now.