Sociolinguists and their publics
Epistemological tension and disciplinary contestation over language in Catalonia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3631370 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Iker Erdocia (0000-0003-2459-1346, School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies Dublin City University Dublin Ireland, corresponding author), Josep Soler (0000-0002-2813-0101, Department of English Stockholm University Stockholm Sweden) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 45-64 |
| Publication date | 2022-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Sociolinguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1360-6441 • E-ISSN: 1467-9841 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/josl.12530 |
| OpenAlex | W3210067239 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 30 |
This article aims to investigate the relationship of sociolinguists with the publics in Catalonia and to disentangle the complex interrelationships among academics within the discipline. By examining material from mainstream media outlets and data from interviews with a selected number of sociolinguist scholars, we show how the public sphere is a site in which competing epistemological and disciplinary visions contest for discursive dominance in language-in-society matters, institutional authorization, and resources. Rather than seeing the engagement of sociolinguists with publics as a disinterested activity of knowledge dissemination and the provision of facts, we argue that the publics are better conceived as a terrain toward which sociolinguists direct institutional, disciplinary, and professional interests. Ultimately, our article contributes to a more encompassing understanding of ourselves as sociolinguists
Discipline · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Public sphere · Publics · Social science · Sociology · Law · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy · Second Language Learning and Teaching
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Enactments of Expertise
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |