Time to Zoom! On now: Distinguished Prof Ingrid Piller @Lg_on_the_Move presents on the latest #Multilingua Special Issue:
"Linguistic diversity in a time of crisis: #Language challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic"
- @MQLinguistics Research Seminar
Aussie highway signage <Stay Covid safe. Feeling unwell? Get tested> would& #39;ve meant little to us 8 months ago... “COVID-19” may well take the crown as the vocabulary item that has entered the linguistic repertoire of the largest number of people in the shortest amount of time."
As we learn more about the pandemic, we& #39;re faced with an & #39;infodemic& #39; as well as challenges to we can communicate ( #multilingual) health messages effectively. Even messaging in English isn& #39;t always that straightforward, as discussed via @Lg_on_the_Move : https://www.languageonthemove.com/does-every-australian-have-an-equal-chance-to-know-about-covid-19-restrictions/">https://www.languageonthemove.com/does-ever...
Does every Australian have an equal chance to know about Covid-19 restrictions? - Language on the...

This morning I googled “nsw corona/covid restrictions”. The top hits all refer to NSW Government websites, including these two: “What you can and can’t do under the rules” and “Public...

https://www.languageonthemove.com/does-every-australian-have-an-equal-chance-to-know-about-covid-19-restrictions/
In March, @Lg_on_the_Move launched a COVID blog series... they& #39;ve had ~25 contributions from Middle East, South America, China the relatoinshipo between language diversity and social participation https://www.languageonthemove.com/category/language-and-health/">https://www.languageonthemove.com/category/...
Language and health Archives - Language on the Move

https://www.languageonthemove.com/category/language-and-health/
#Multilingua& #39;s call for papers “Linguistic diversity in a time of crisis” received over 200 submissions ... six months later & the Special Issue has been published. It& #39;s available Open Access via @dg_mouton https://www.languageonthemove.com/linguistic-diversity-in-a-time-of-crisis/">https://www.languageonthemove.com/linguisti...
Linguistic diversity in a time of crisis - Language on the Move

Contents Piller, Ingrid, Jie Zhang, and Jia Li. (2020). Linguistic diversity in a time of crisis: Language challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, Multilingua, 39(5), 503-515, doi: https://doi.org/10....

https://www.languageonthemove.com/linguistic-diversity-in-a-time-of-crisis/
Save the date! @Lg_on_the_Move is hosting free online symposium with contributors of #Multilingua special issue “Linguistic diversity in a time of crisis”
- Thurs, Nov 05, 2-4pm, Beijing time (in Chinese)
- Sat, Nov 07, 3:30-6pm, Beijing time (in English) https://www.languageonthemove.com/linguistic-diversity-in-a-time-of-crisis/">https://www.languageonthemove.com/linguisti...
Linguistic diversity in a time of crisis - Language on the Move

Contents Piller, Ingrid, Jie Zhang, and Jia Li. (2020). Linguistic diversity in a time of crisis: Language challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, Multilingua, 39(5), 503-515, doi: https://doi.org/10....

https://www.languageonthemove.com/linguistic-diversity-in-a-time-of-crisis/
Three former @MQLinguistics PhD students joined the Research Seminar to talk to us about their #Multilingua contributions: Dr Li Jia (Yunnan University), Dr Jie (Jenny) Zhang (Wuhan University), & Dr Gegentuul Bai (Macquarie University) - also all @Lg_on_the_Move PhD-sisters!
Dr Jie (Jenny) Zhang & Yuquin Wu - Providing mulitlingual logistics communication in COVID-19 disaster relief. They interviewed volunteer translators in Wuhan who acted as initiators of on-the-ground rescue efforts https://www.degruyter.com/view/journals/mult/39/5/article-p517.xml">https://www.degruyter.com/view/jour...
Providing multilingual logistics communication in COVID-19 disaster relief

Abstract Translation is an important means of enabling access to information in an emergency response. Increasingly, volunteer translators have been using social media platforms to self-organize and...

https://www.degruyter.com/view/journals/mult/39/5/article-p517.xml
Dr Li Jia & colleagues - Longitudinal ethnography investigating how international students from South-East Asia & South Asia studying in China accessed #multilingual public health communication https://www.degruyter.com/view/journals/mult/39/5/article-p529.xml">https://www.degruyter.com/view/jour...
Multilingual communication experiences of international students during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract While an increasing literature on multilingualism addresses the key role of language in access to social resources, including crisis communication, little attention has been paid to practi...

https://www.degruyter.com/view/journals/mult/39/5/article-p529.xml
Dr @gegentuul - Grassroots practices of sharing COVID-19 health information through traditional oral folk art among ethnic Mongolians in China https://www.languageonthemove.com/fighting-covid-19-with-folklore/">https://www.languageonthemove.com/fighting-...
Fighting COVID-19 with folklore - Language on the Move

Nothing seems further from the fight against COVID-19 than traditional folklore. However, an ancient Mongolian art form, the khuuriin ülger (“fiddle story”) can be found at the forefront of public...

https://www.languageonthemove.com/fighting-covid-19-with-folklore/
The #Multilingua Special Issue suggests three key implications for changes within the field of #socioliguistics (Piller, Zhang & Li, 2020, p. 10): https://www.degruyter.com/view/journals/mult/39/5/article-p503.xml">https://www.degruyter.com/view/jour...
Linguistic diversity in a time of crisis: Language challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract Multilingual crisis communication has emerged as a global challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic. Global public health communication is characterized by the large-scale exclusion of lingui...

https://www.degruyter.com/view/journals/mult/39/5/article-p503.xml
"First, #sociolinguistics needs to include local & indigenous knowledges & grassroots practices in a meaningful way for the field to move beyond its entrenched English-centric monolingual mindset." (Piller, Zhang & Li, 2020, p. 10)
"Second, #sociolinguistics, like most of the social sciences, is a product of the 20th century global order...To understand language in this new world order, we will need to adjust our frameworks to become more adept at dealing with multidirectionality, fuzziness, and complexity"
"Third, sociolinguistics needs to re-enter dialogue with policy makers and activists." (Piller, Zhang & Li, 2020, p. 10) --> read up on these implications via the Open Access introduction to the #Multilingua Special Issue https://www.degruyter.com/view/journals/mult/39/5/article-p503.xml">https://www.degruyter.com/view/jour...
Linguistic diversity in a time of crisis: Language challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract Multilingual crisis communication has emerged as a global challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic. Global public health communication is characterized by the large-scale exclusion of lingui...

https://www.degruyter.com/view/journals/mult/39/5/article-p503.xml
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