A (language) work in progress

Articulating English-language sociolinguistics and the oeuvre of Josiane Boutet

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ID4178516
AuthorsAdam Wilson (0000-0001-9406-6905, 137665 Université de Lorraine , IDEA , F-57000 , Metz , France, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume2025
Issue292
Pages123-129
Publication date2025-03-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of the Sociology of Language (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0165-2516 • E-ISSN: 1613-3668
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/ijsl-2024-0065
OpenAlexW4408445661
LanguageEN
References cited8

As someone on whom Josiane Boutet's work has a significant influence, reading through the English-language translations brought together in this special issue inspires new connections between Boutet's oeuvre and English-language sociolinguistic work. In this commentary, I explore some of the possibilities for such dialogue. I begin with the notion of "language practices", linking it to the key concepts of "indexicality" and "contextualization cues" in the English-language literature. Following this, I look at the ways in which Boutet's "language part of work" articulates with recent sociolinguistic work focusing on professional contexts. By way of conclusion, I consider the "language part of work" of sociolinguistics as a scientific domain, highlighting how the dominance of English in scientific publication may lead to prominent scholars who publish in other languages being under-cited and to key ideas going unrecognised, before suggesting that initiatives such as this special issue constitute a possible solution to this problem

Comprehension approach · English language · Language education · Linguistics · Sociocultural linguistics · Sociolinguistics · Sociology · Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy

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