Full Description
Increasingly, academics are called upon to demonstrate the value of linguistics and explain their research to the wider public. In support of this agenda, Communicating Linguistics: Language, Community and Public Engagement provides an overview of the wide range of public engagement activities currently being undertaken in linguistics, as well as practically focused advice aimed at helping linguists to do public engagement well. From podcasts to popular writing, from competitions to consultancy, from language creation to community projects, there are many ways in which linguists can share their research with the public. Bringing together insights from leading linguists working in academia as well as non-university professions, this unique collection:
Provides a forum for the discussion of challenges and opportunities of public engagement in linguistics in order to shape best practice
Documents best practice through a summary of some of the many excellent public engagement projects currently taking place internationally
Celebrates the long tradition of public engagement in linguistics, a discipline which is often misunderstood despite its direct and fundamental importance to everyday life
Breaking down long-standing divisions between universities and the wider community, this book will be of significant value to academics in linguistics but also teachers, policy makers and anyone interested in better understanding the nature and use of language in society.
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Contents
Contents
Contributors
Introduction
Public linguistics
Hazel Price and Dan McIntyre
Part 1: Popularising linguistics
Principles of good research communication
Hannah Little
Podcasting: The Vocal Fries Pod
Carrie Gillon and Megan Figueroa
Blogging and microblogging linguistics for the lay reader
M. Lynne Murphy
Engaging the public and enriching language education through Babel: The Language Magazine
Dan McIntyre and Lesley Jeffries
On engaging the radio listener
Laura Wright
Writing a 'popular science' book
Jane Setter
Linguistics for schools
Richard Hudson
Linguists in schools
Billy Clark
Part 2: Communicating linguistics
Communicating lexicography
Danica Salazar
Exploring the impact of figurative communication and advertising: reflections on a collaboration between linguistics researchers and a Midlands-based marketing agency
Samantha Ford and Jeanette Littlemore
Community projects
Natalie Braber
Communicating research on metaphor and illness
Elena Semino
Public engagement via consultancy: communicating the language of mental illness
Hazel Price
Developing resources for Modern South Arabian languages
Janet C. E. Watson and Abdullah al-Mahri
Public engagement in audiovisual translation: the case of respeaking
Zoe Moores
Dialect coaching and linguistics
Brendan Gunn
Language creation and engagement: a how-to guide
Christine Schreyer
Engaging with public engagement: a personal retrospective
David Crystal
References
Index
