Participatory sociolinguistics across researchers’ and participants’ language ideologies

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ID21175643
AuthorsCsanád Bodó (0000-0002-0879-5157, Eötvös Loránd University, corresponding author), Blanka Barabás (0000-0002-5553-8647, Eötvös Loránd University), Isabela Botezatu (University of Szeged), Noémi Fazakas (0000-0003-2737-1875, Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania), Jorge Gaspar (0000-0003-1908-1616, Eötvös Loránd University), János Imre Heltai (0000-0001-9674-0115, Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary), Petteri Laihonen (0000-0002-3914-0954, University of Jyväskylä), Veronika Lajos (0000-0002-0767-8426, Eötvös Loránd University), George Szabo (0000-0002-8553-1227, Eötvös Loránd University), the Csercsetáre-Invitees
Year2025
Volume22
Issue2
Pages109-127
Publication date2025-04-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCritical Inquiry in Language Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1542-7587 • E-ISSN: 1542-7595
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15427587.2023.2288814
OpenAlexW4389206160
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited25

The participatory approach is becoming more widespread in the social sciences and is also starting to take hold in the study of language in society. However, there has been little research done on how critical sociolinguistics can be linked to research that is based on the involvement and engagement of as many participants as possible at a level they find relevant for themselves. We argue that the academic separation between the ‘researcher’ and the ‘researched’ is worth reexamining in sociolinguistic research, as all participants do ’ideologizing work’ that establishes the perspective from which they view language. We discuss this through a case study from Moldavia, the North-Eastern region of Romania, which aimed to explore the contemporary language practices of former students of a Hungarian-language revitalization program. We point out that being critical of language-related inequalities cannot be separated from being critical of participation in the research process, if we are to work together across a multiplicity of language ideologies

Citizen journalism · Comprehension approach · Ideology · Language education · Linguistics · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociolinguistics · Sociology · Sociology of language · Gender Studies in Language · Law · Multilingual Education and Policy · Second Language Learning and Teaching

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