Current Approaches to Language Ideology and Metalinguistic Discourse

This collection brings together research on cutting-edge developments at the intersection of language ideology and metalinguistic discourse, showcasing the potential of diverse approaches. With interest in language ideology and metalinguistic discourse growing, numerous qualitative and quantitative approaches have been established but have often resulted in a siloing of methods. Despite methodological advances, research on language ideology and metalinguistic discourse often relies on either qualitative methods (e.g., ethnography, content analysis) or traditional corpus linguistic techniques (e.g., concordance, collocation), with limited overlap between these "camps," a division which has hindered a comprehensive understanding of the field. The book makes the case for bridging this gap by exploring the overlap between different approaches, demonstrating the nuanced insights a mixed methods perspective can provide. Featuring a wide range of applications across domains such as education, policy, minorities, traditional and social media, popular culture, and literature, the volume highlights the potential of integrating diverse methods. An afterword by Tommaso Milani ties these strands together, offering a forward-looking view of the field and potential directions for further research. This book will appeal to students and scholars in applied linguistics, language and education, and sociolinguistics.

Adnan AjSic is Associate Professor of English at the American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Rachelle Vessey is Assistant Professor in the School of Linguistics and Language studies at Carleton University, Canada.

Contents List of Contributors Chapter 1: Introduction (Rachelle Vessey and Adnan AjSic) Part One: Language ideology and education Chapter 2: A discourse analytic framework for the study of language ideologies: A case study of multilingual Iran (Jaffer Sheyholislami and Rachelle Vessey) Chapter 3: Teacher Language Ideology and Associated Instructional Practice: The Influence of Monoglossia and Heteroglossia in the TESOL Classroom (Leah Davis, Cassie Hoopes, Shari Manhas) Chapter 4: Developing Pre-Service ESOL Teachers' Metalinguistic Awareness of the Spanish Language: Challenging Language Ideologies (Brian Hibbs) Chapter 5: Understanding Dialect Accommodation and Linguistic Self-Esteem during a Study Abroad Program (Covadonga Lamar Prieto, Álvaro González Alba) Part Two: Standard language ideology and minoritized languages Chapter 6: Perceptual Insights into the Martinican Creole Continuum: Standardization, Ideologies of (Linguistic) Differentiation and New Indexicalities (Chiara Ardoino, Noémie François-Haugrin, Stéphane Térosier) Chapter 7: From global connections to local roots: exploring language ideologies in Emilian and Esperanto for language revitalisation (Jessica Hampton) Chapter 8: Metalinguistic comments and language attitudes in the novel Pour sûr by France Daigle: The representation of an Acadian French vernacular (Catherine Léger, Pierre-Don Giancarli) Part Three: Language ideology and the media Chapter 9: "pues nada hija que te sigan los catalanes!!": Challenging and defending the use of Catalan in social media (Alba Milà-Garcia, Anna Tudela-Isanta) Chapter 10: Raciolinguistic Ideologies in Social Media: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Facebook reactions to the new Oxford Dictionary of African American English (Julian Canjura) Chapter 11: Challenges in the corpus-based study of metalinguistic discourses and language ideologies (Adnan AjSic) Chapter 12: Commentary: Language ideology - A personal reflection (Tommaso Milani) Index