Involving speakers in research on their linguistic practices has been at the core of
sociolinguistics since the inception of the field. In contrast to social sciences, however …

This article provides an overview of recent scholarship on postcolonial semiotics: processes
through which linguistic and other signs are linked to the colonial and its ongoing relevance …

This Element consists of ten short pieces written by prominent discourse analysts in the
midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Each piece focuses on a different aspect of the pandemic …

This paper probes alternative meanings and processes for decolonizing English that arise
from the particular geopolitical histories and identities of Hong Kong and engagement with …

Although it feels like we live in a time of seeming hopelessness, this pioneering book
illustrates what language can teach us about the practice, logic, and feasibility of hope in the …

Encounters involving different cultures and languages are increasingly the norm in the era of
globalization. While considerable attention has been paid to how languages and cultures …

Summary This Element introduces Kongish as a translingual and multimodal urban dialect
emerging in Hong Kong in recent years and still in the making. Through the lens of …

This article reports on the rationale, implementation, results and evaluation of four rounds of
co-creative Citizen Science (CS) projects (2021–2024) conducted with 10 public secondary …

The current paper replicates findings related to the analytical heuristic of 'metalinguistic
density'. It provides updated theoretical motivations for an analytical focus on explicit …

Citizen Science (CS) has been conceptualised as research where the public contributes to
science, with the outcome being new knowledge. We discuss CS projects in schools in …