Decoloniality in multilingual university spaces / Sarah Hopkyns

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hopkyns, Sarah, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in applied linguistics

Cambridge elements. Elements in applied linguistics, 2633-5069

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multilingual education.

Postcolonialism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026

Summary:

"This Element explores multilingual university spaces and decoloniality, critically examining how coloniality and neoliberalism intersect. While neoliberal language policies aim to equip students with English as a 'lingua academia', critical issues relating to students' translingual identities and belonging are often overlooked. Empirical data are shared from a linguistic landscape study involving a walking ethnography of a university educationscape in the United Arab Emirates, whereby Emirati students share insights on signage and spaces as 'intertextual products' connected to (un)belonging. Data are analysed through thematic and nexus analysis with main themes including the dominance of English, imbalanced bilingualism, bottom-up translanguaging, everyday nationalism, and sticky places and objects. Findings are discussed in relation to the study setting and other global contexts. The Element closes with practical suggestions on decolonising action relevant to a range of multilingual university spaces and future research directions"-- Cambridge Core

Contents:

English-medium university spaces and decoloniality

The dominance of English and imbalanced bilingualism

Bottom-up translanguaging

Everyday nationalism and sticky places/objects

Conclusion: decolonial agentive shaping of spaces

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed May 13, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version: Hopkyns, Sarah Decoloniality in multilingual university spaces

ISBN:

9781009569118

1009569112

OCLC:

1574719032

Publisher Number:

CIPO000371130

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license