Two Linguas Francas? Social Inclusion through English and Esperanto
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13054530 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Francesca Gobbo (0000-0003-1748-4921, University of Amsterdam, corresponding author), László Marácz (0000-0002-7277-0392, L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 75-84 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-14 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Inclusion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2183-2803 • E-ISSN: 2183-2803 |
| Publisher | Cogitatio (PUBLISHER • PT) |
| DOI | 10.17645/si.v9i1.3662 |
| OpenAlex | W3119210671 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 20 |
New forms of mobility presuppose a technological factor that frames it as ‘topological proximity,’ regardless of the nature of the mobile agent (human being, robot ware, animal, virus, digital object). The appeal of the so-called linguas francas is especially evident in human beings showing high propensity to move, i.e., motility. They are usually associated with transnational communication in multilingual settings, linguistic justice, and globalization. Paradoxically, such global languages foster mobility, but, at the same time, they may hinder social inclusion in the hosting society, especially for people in mobility. The article compares English as a lingua franca and Esperanto in the European context, putting together the linguistic hierarchy of transnational communication (Gobbo, 2015) and the notion of linguistic unease, used to assess sociolinguistic justice (Iannàccaro, Gobbo, & Dell’Aquila, 2018). The analysis shows that the sense of belonging of their respective speakers influences social inclusion in different ways. More in general, the article frames the linguistic dimension of social inclusion in terms of linguistic ease, proposing a scale suitable for the analysis of European contexts
Context (archaeology · Globalization · Humanities · Inclusion (mineral · Linguistics · Political science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Law · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Second Language Learning and Teaching
English as a Lingua Franca in Europe
The Cultural Politics of English as an International Language
Interlanguage
Native language attrition and developmental instability at the syntax-discourse interface
Le fonti slave dell’esperanto
Beyond the Nation-State? The Ideology of the Esperanto Movement between Neutralism and Multilingualism
Points of view and blind spots
The relevance of motility in language shift research
The Esperanto denaskulo
A Mother Tongue Spoken Mainly by Fathers
New speakers of minority languages
The politics of complex diversity
Standardization and self-regulation in an international speech community
Introduction
Defining the new speaker
Mother Tongues and Nations
| Citations per year | 0.4 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |