1. Assessing linguistic unease to understand (socio)linguistic justice
Federico Gobbo
F.Gobbo@uva.nl
Colloquium A: Linguistic Justice and Global English. Applied Linguistic and Political Theoretical Intersections,
BAAL 2020, 10 Sep 2021
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• Why (Socio)linguistic Justice
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• Why (Socio)linguistic Justice
• Linguistic (Un)Ease and How To Assess It
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• Why (Socio)linguistic Justice
• Linguistic (Un)Ease and How To Assess It
• Representing Multilingual Repertoires
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6. Outline
• Why (Socio)linguistic Justice
• Linguistic (Un)Ease and How To Assess It
• Representing Multilingual Repertoires
• Epistemic consequences: starting the discussion
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7. Why (Socio)linguistic Justice

8. Linguistic Justice from the POV of Political Philosophy (from Alcalde 2018:66)
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9. Linguistic Justice from the POV of Political Philosophy (from Alcalde 2018:66)
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18. Linguistic (Un)Ease and How To
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46. A scale of linguistic unease
• Wunschsprache is an add-on of inclusion, not a prerequisite
• in many contexts, the role of Wunschsprache is played by global English
• languages serve different purposes in societies
• rarely one language covers all speaker’s needs adequately 39

47. Epistemic consequences: starting
the discussion

48. Key questions
• How may sociolinguistic justice influence the normative
goal of political theory?
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49. Key questions
• How may sociolinguistic justice influence the normative
goal of political theory?
• How to scale from the individual-centered linguistic unease
to the community level?
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50. Key questions
• How may sociolinguistic justice influence the normative
goal of political theory?
• How to scale from the individual-centered linguistic unease
to the community level?
• How can this knowledge inform stakeholders and
decision-makers?
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51. Key questions
• How may sociolinguistic justice influence the normative
goal of political theory?
• How to scale from the individual-centered linguistic unease
to the community level?
• How can this knowledge inform stakeholders and
decision-makers?
Thank your for your kind attention!
c b 4.0 Federico Gobbo K F.Gobbo@uva.nl federicogobbo.name
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