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Abhi Sharma

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Hi, I am Abhi. I teach German Linguistics at the University of Cambridge. My first book titled Reconceptualising Power in Language Policy was published in 2022 in Springer's Language Policy Series. Founder @camsocioling.bsky.social

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🟠 Deadline approaching ‼️ Ag teannadh leis an spriocdhΓ‘ta

21.05.2025 09:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What about Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, Irish, Ulster Scots?

12.05.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Looking forward to this

04.04.2025 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cryolite: Denmark censors its colonial history The article is originally written in French. Over the past few days, DR, the Danish broadcasting corporation, has withdrawn the documentary Orsugiak: The White Gold of Greenland from its catalog. T…

While everyone's (rightly) condemning the US approach to Greenland, people romanticize Denmark's (colonial) relation to Greenland.

Earlier this year, this docu on Danish colonialism was censored from Danish TV, illustrating the strong forces of colonial denial.
tanguysandre.me/2025/03/03/c...

03.04.2025 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats, @aksharma2019.bsky.social! Looking forward very much to reading it.

17.03.2025 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Make Indian Sign Language official language and open more schools for deaf and hard-of-hearing students, study advises Around one in five (over 19%) of India’s deaf and hard-of-hearing children were out-of-school in 2014, according to a survey conducted for the Indian

www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...

17.03.2025 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

The Scottish Languages Bill would likely make it unlawful to do what Falkirk Council proposed. If a council doesn't offer Gaelic education itself, it will have to support families to access it elsewhere. And it would have to show that altering transport arrangements would bring educational benefits

13.03.2025 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Very nice, Vijay! Congratulations πŸ‘πŸŽ‰

14.03.2025 06:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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How does multilingual law-making work? In this podcast interview, Alexandra Grey explores multilingual law-making with Karen McAuliffe, a Professor of Law and Language at Birmingham Law School in the UK. The conversation is about the im…

How do linguistics and law intersect? Find out in this really engaging @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast from Alexandra Grey, where she interviews Karen McAuliffe about multilingual law-making in Europe.
www.languageonthemove.com/how-does-mul...

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TESOL Statement on the Exec Order Designating English as the Official Language of the US | TESOL | International Association

#English in the #US www.tesol.org/news/tesol-s... #languagerights #languagepolicy #Englishlanguage

05.03.2025 08:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Review of Sharma (2022): Reconceptualising power in language policy: Evidence form comparative studies | John Benjamins Welcome to e-content platform of John Benjamins Publishing Company. Here you can find all of our electronic books and journals, for purchase and download or subscriber access.

Review of my book 'Reconceptualising Power in LP' by David C. Johnson (published in Language Problems & Language Planning last week) @langpolicy.bsky.social
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