'The politics of language in the global workplace’ Seminar
- Time:
- 17:00 - 18:30
- Date:
- 4 May 2016
- Venue:
- Building 65/Lecture Theatre C Avenue Campus SO17 1BF
For more information regarding this seminar, please email Prof Jennifer Jenkins at J.Jenkins@southampton.ac.uk .
Event details
Part of the annual seminar series for the Centre for Global Englishes (CGE).
The study of multilingualism, language policy and planning have a long tradition in applied linguistics and sociolinguistics. Multilingualism in the workplace however has attracted interest more recently. Collections and special issues have addressed the role of global/local languages, the relationship between language and accessing the labour market/career progression as well as the commodification of language competence. In this talk I draw on recently completed and ongoing work and reflect on current understandings of multilingualism and issues around ideology and hegemony. I discuss the core concept of language as well as the importance of contextually appropriate methodologies for interpreting language use at work.
Speaker information
Dr Jo Angouri , Warwick. My research sits at the interface of sociolinguistics, pragmatics and discourse analysis. I am interested in the analysis of interaction and the relationship between language, culture and identity. Much of my work has focused on professional discourse and I have carried out research in a range of corporate, academic and health care settings. I have published work on identity, culture, multilingualism, language policy and language use. My ongoing research includes a multidisciplinary project on hospital emergencies (focusing on teamwork and leadership), work on patient identities and the comparative analysis of workplace talk (focusing on the discourse in business meetings). I have recently started a new project on representations of the financial crisis in every day discourses (with Professor Ruth Wodak) and I am involved in work on discourses of care focusing on the meaning of dementia identities.