Introduction to Language and Social Justice

Netta Avineri is a Professor of Language Teacher Education and Intercultural Communication at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, where she also serves as the Intercultural Competence Committee Chair and Kathryn Wasserman Davis Collaborative in Conflict Transformation Graduate Education Pillar Lead.Patricia Baquedano-López is an Associate Professor of Education at the University of California, Berkeley. She is also affiliated faculty in the Department of Anthropology and the Department of Linguistics. She is co-founding and core faculty of the doctoral Designated Emphasis in Indigenous Language Revitalization.

"Rooted in a profound commitment to engaged scholarship, Avineri and Baquedano-López’s An Introduction to Language and Social Justice is a pathbreaking contribution which powerfully synthesizes diverse insights and generously offers multiple entry points for dynamic praxis linking communication to the creation of more just societies."Jonathan Rosa, Stanford University, USA"As a comprehensive review of the tenets of language and social justice research, An Introduction to Language and Social Justice adeptly synthesizes a heretofore heterogeneous collection of scholarship into one unified text. The book is expertly designed as a pedagogical tool with social justice principles at its base."Robin Conley Riner, Marshall University, USA“This volume stands out for its interdisciplinary perspective which has made it an essential text for students and researchers from multiple perspectives across linguistics, applied linguistics, linguistic anthropology, and beyond. Needless to say that for scholars, students and activists seeking to link communication to social transformation, this book certainly offers vital guideposts for that important journey. In all, the book offers an accessible yet conceptually rich and actionable framework for understanding language inequities and collaborating for social transformation, making it a valuable resource for advancing the intersections of language studies and social justice.”Abutaleb Iranmehr, Shahrood University of Technology, Iran in Social Semiotics (27 August 2024)

• FiguresTablesPreface Chapter 1: Applied Linguistic Anthropology and Social JusticeChapter 2: Centering Language: A Lexicon for Language and Social Justice Issues (LSJIs)Chapter 3: What Is: Applied Linguistic Anthropological Methods for LSJI InquiryChapter 4: What Has Been: Deepening the Connections between Past and PresentChapter 5: What Could Be: Relationships, Aspirations, and ActionsChapter 6: Now What Index