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Language Acts and Worldmaking

Language Acts and Worldmaking is a flagship project funded by the AHRC Open World Research Initiative, which aims to regenerate and transform modern language learning by foregrounding language's power to shape how we live and make our worlds.
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17 Mar 2021
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Silence Is Not an Option: On why the language we use to talk about violence against women really matters

23 Mar 2021 - by Sophie Stevens
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Our Research Strands

Travelling Concepts

Words in action

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Translation Acts

Worldmaking on stage

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Digital Mediations

Mapping multilingualism and digital culture

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Loaded Meanings

New worlds for old words

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Diasporic Identities

Teaching languages, mediating cultures

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Language Transitions

Moving through languages

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