15 episodes

In October 2022, sociolinguists from five universities in the Eutopia alliance met to answer the challenge, "How can we reduce present-day European conflict through knowledge of historical multilingualism, language conflict, and language policy?" These interviews describe their research-based responses to this challenge.

History, Identity, and Linguistic Diversity History, Identity, and Linguistic Diversity

    • Science

In October 2022, sociolinguists from five universities in the Eutopia alliance met to answer the challenge, "How can we reduce present-day European conflict through knowledge of historical multilingualism, language conflict, and language policy?" These interviews describe their research-based responses to this challenge.

    Alleged historical language conflict as rationale for real modern-day language conflict in Belgium

    Alleged historical language conflict as rationale for real modern-day language conflict in Belgium

    Rik Vosters (Vrije Universiteit Brussels) interviews Wim Vandenbussche (Vrije Universiteit Brussels) about his project, "Alleged historical language conflict as rationale for real modern-day language conflict in Belgium."

    • 15 min
    Introduction (Nederlands): Alleged historical language conflict as rationale for real modern-day language conflict in Belgium

    Introduction (Nederlands): Alleged historical language conflict as rationale for real modern-day language conflict in Belgium

    Wim Vandenbussche introduces his project, "Alleged historical language conflict as rationale for real modern-day language conflict in Belgium."

    • 27 sec
    From historical sociophonetics to participant-led anti-language-prejudice research in East London

    From historical sociophonetics to participant-led anti-language-prejudice research in East London

    Oliver Currie (Univerza v Ljubljani) interviews Christopher Strelluf (University of Warwick) about his project, "From historical sociophonetics to participant-led anti-language-prejudice research in East London."

    • 16 min
    Introduction (English): From historical sociophonetics to participant-led anti-language-prejudice research in East London

    Introduction (English): From historical sociophonetics to participant-led anti-language-prejudice research in East London

    Christopher Strelluf introduces his project, "From historical sociophonetics to participant-led anti-language-prejudice research in East London."

    • 23 sec
    Whose norms are it anyway? Historical and contemporary perspectives on standard languages and standardization

    Whose norms are it anyway? Historical and contemporary perspectives on standard languages and standardization

    Wim Vandenbussche (Vrije Universiteit Brussels) interviews Rik Vosters (Vrije Universiteit Brussels) about his project, "Whose norms are it anyway? Historical and contemporary perspectives on standard languages and standardization."

    • 17 min
    Introduction (Nederlands): Whose norms are it anyway? Historical and contemporary perspectives on standard languages and standardization

    Introduction (Nederlands): Whose norms are it anyway? Historical and contemporary perspectives on standard languages and standardization

    Rik Vosters introduces his project, "Whose norms are it anyway? Historical and contemporary perspectives on standard languages and standardization."

    • 30 sec

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