The Weaponizing of Language in the Classroom and Beyond / edited by Kisha C. Bryan and Luis Javier Pentón Herrera.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bryan, Kisha C., editor.

Pentón Herrera, Luis Javier, editor.

Series:

Language and Social Life [LSL] Series

Language and Social Life [LSL] Series ; Volume 28

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2024]

Summary:

In this edited volume, language weaponization - or the weaponization of language - is used to describe the process in which words, discourse, and language in any form can be used to inflict harm on others. The term harm is of vital importance because it refers to how specific groups of people are affected by ideologies and practices that normalize inequity and injustice in their environments. The contributions in this book explore how language ideologies, practices, and policies can physically, emotionally, socially, and/or economically disadvantage or harm minoritized individuals, as well as their cultures and languages.

Contents:

Intro

Preface

Contents

Chapter 1 An introduction to the weaponizing of language in the classroom and beyond

Chapter 2 Language weaponization, missed opportunities, and transformational spaces in Bangladeshi English departments: A biographical perspective

Chapter 3 Flipping the script: A collaborative autoethnography of agency and voices in the weaponization of bilingual education in Taiwan

Chapter 4 The price we pay: An autobiographical dialogue of linguistic violence in the African diaspora

Chapter 5 "That's easy": An analysis of speech acts in an instance of cross-cultural miscommunication

Chapter 6 A critical look at 'Pato' y 'Maricón': Puerto Rican Gay teachers' interventions with homophobic language

Chapter 7 The weaponization of Setswana: Implications for marginalized languages in Botswana

Chapter 8 Using your own language against you: Spanish in U.S. classrooms

Chapter 9 Banned books in K-12 classrooms: Weaponization of children and young adolescent literature

Chapter 10 French variations and language weaponization in US higher education

Chapter 11 Dismantling weaponizing language in teacher preparation programs

Afterword: Language weaponization and its harm

Editors

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

3-11-079952-9