Alistair Welsh
Biographic Data
| ID | 174279 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alistair Welsh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alistair |
| FAMILY NAME | Welsh |
| SIGNATURE | WELSH A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Deakin University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4238-1636 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1953 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Gendered Identity in Indonesia: Discursive (Re)positioning of Perempuan and Wanita
This study explores the linguistic preferences between the terms perempuan and wanita in reference to women in contemporary Indonesian society, highlighting how language reflects and shapes gendered identities and social positioning. While prior research has examined these terms in formal texts and news media, little attention has focused on their use in mediated spaces, where social media enables rapid circulation, negotiation, and reinterpretat…
Pronominal choice: Indonesian diglossic code-switching on the Kick Andy show
Indonesian language contains a variety of pronouns and pronoun substitutes which enable speakers to position themselves in a variety of ways in relation to others for communicative purposes. Factors such as social standing, age, gender and cultural background influence pronominal choice but also reflect language alternation between standardised formal and informal Indonesian, a phenomenon known as diglossic code-switching. To study this, we exami…
The Struggle for the National Narrative in Indonesia
A ‘New Normal’ of Code-Switching: Covid-19, the Indonesian Media and Language Change
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed behavioural norms and how people conceptualise everyday life. It has led to prolific use of specific terminology that is new or was previously outside the lexical boundaries of common use. Terms like ‘social distancing’, ‘lockdown’ and ‘new normal' were previously jargon limited to specialist fields. The COVID-19 pandemic which spread globally in 2020 has led to great social change and an associated lexical influ…
English usage in the linguistic landscape of Balikpapan’s main Thoroughfares
Recognising the global prestige of English and its prominence in Indonesia, this study examines the linguistic landscape of roadside signage alongside main thoroughfares in the Indonesian city of Balikpapan, a provincial city of East Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo. We find that some signs are entirely in Indonesian, some are entirely in English and some combine both languages, while there is an absence of ‘local’ languages in signage. Applyi…
Populism and the Risks of Conceptual Overreach: A Case Study from Indonesia
This paper examines the competing political styles of the two presidential candidates in the 2014 and 2019 Indonesian national elections: current Indonesian President Joko Widodo (better known as Jokowi) and his challenger Prabowo Subianto. While both have been described as populists, we draw on the most recent ideational approach to the concept of populism to argue that only one of these political figures (Prabowo) should be defined as a populis…
Rebel with a Cause: Ahok and Charismatic Leadership in Indonesia
The representation of minority ethnic communities is an acute issue in many countries in East and Southeast Asia. In Muslim-majority Indonesia, the rise of Jakarta’s governor, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, nicknamed “Ahok”, was a surprising phenomenon given his ethnic and religious minority status as a Christian of Chinese descent. Even more surprising was his initial success as a politician despite a controversial style of communication that appears t…
The controversial code-switching of an Indonesian president
During his term of presidency (2004–2014), Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) was heavily criticised for excessive use of English when making formal speeches in Indonesian, a linguistic phenomenon of mixing languages known as code-switching. Such criticisms reflect an ambivalence towards English that is influenced by nationalistic sentiment. By analysing a range of presidential speeches, we reveal that SBY’s code-switching was hi…
El Derecho Notarial a la Luz de la Teoria Egologica
Rebel with a Cause: Ahok and Charismatic Leadership in Indonesia
The representation of minority ethnic communities is an acute issue in many countries in East and Southeast Asia. In Muslim-majority Indonesia, the rise of Jakarta’s governor, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, nicknamed “Ahok”, was a surprising phenomenon given his ethnic and religious minority status as a Christian of Chinese descent. Even more surprising was his initial success as a politician despite a controversial style of communication that appears t…
Populism and the Risks of Conceptual Overreach: A Case Study from Indonesia
This paper examines the competing political styles of the two presidential candidates in the 2014 and 2019 Indonesian national elections: current Indonesian President Joko Widodo (better known as Jokowi) and his challenger Prabowo Subianto. While both have been described as populists, we draw on the most recent ideational approach to the concept of populism to argue that only one of these political figures (Prabowo) should be defined as a populis…
The controversial code-switching of an Indonesian president
During his term of presidency (2004–2014), Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) was heavily criticised for excessive use of English when making formal speeches in Indonesian, a linguistic phenomenon of mixing languages known as code-switching. Such criticisms reflect an ambivalence towards English that is influenced by nationalistic sentiment. By analysing a range of presidential speeches, we reveal that SBY’s code-switching was hi…
El Derecho Notarial a la Luz de la Teoria Egologica
Rebel with a Cause: Ahok and Charismatic Leadership in Indonesia
The representation of minority ethnic communities is an acute issue in many countries in East and Southeast Asia. In Muslim-majority Indonesia, the rise of Jakarta’s governor, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, nicknamed “Ahok”, was a surprising phenomenon given his ethnic and religious minority status as a Christian of Chinese descent. Even more surprising was his initial success as a politician despite a controversial style of communication that appears t…
The controversial code-switching of an Indonesian president
During his term of presidency (2004–2014), Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) was heavily criticised for excessive use of English when making formal speeches in Indonesian, a linguistic phenomenon of mixing languages known as code-switching. Such criticisms reflect an ambivalence towards English that is influenced by nationalistic sentiment. By analysing a range of presidential speeches, we reveal that SBY’s code-switching was hi…
Populism and the Risks of Conceptual Overreach: A Case Study from Indonesia
This paper examines the competing political styles of the two presidential candidates in the 2014 and 2019 Indonesian national elections: current Indonesian President Joko Widodo (better known as Jokowi) and his challenger Prabowo Subianto. While both have been described as populists, we draw on the most recent ideational approach to the concept of populism to argue that only one of these political figures (Prabowo) should be defined as a populis…
The Struggle for the National Narrative in Indonesia
A ‘New Normal’ of Code-Switching: Covid-19, the Indonesian Media and Language Change
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed behavioural norms and how people conceptualise everyday life. It has led to prolific use of specific terminology that is new or was previously outside the lexical boundaries of common use. Terms like ‘social distancing’, ‘lockdown’ and ‘new normal' were previously jargon limited to specialist fields. The COVID-19 pandemic which spread globally in 2020 has led to great social change and an associated lexical influ…
English usage in the linguistic landscape of Balikpapan’s main Thoroughfares
Recognising the global prestige of English and its prominence in Indonesia, this study examines the linguistic landscape of roadside signage alongside main thoroughfares in the Indonesian city of Balikpapan, a provincial city of East Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo. We find that some signs are entirely in Indonesian, some are entirely in English and some combine both languages, while there is an absence of ‘local’ languages in signage. Applyi…
Pronominal choice: Indonesian diglossic code-switching on the Kick Andy show
Indonesian language contains a variety of pronouns and pronoun substitutes which enable speakers to position themselves in a variety of ways in relation to others for communicative purposes. Factors such as social standing, age, gender and cultural background influence pronominal choice but also reflect language alternation between standardised formal and informal Indonesian, a phenomenon known as diglossic code-switching. To study this, we exami…
Gendered Identity in Indonesia: Discursive (Re)positioning of Perempuan and Wanita
This study explores the linguistic preferences between the terms perempuan and wanita in reference to women in contemporary Indonesian society, highlighting how language reflects and shapes gendered identities and social positioning. While prior research has examined these terms in formal texts and news media, little attention has focused on their use in mediated spaces, where social media enables rapid circulation, negotiation, and reinterpretat…
Indonesian (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (5 works) · Code-switching (4 works) · History (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Asian Studies and History (3 works) · Law (3 works)