Event type:

In person

Date & time:

12 Feb 2020, 17:30 – 18:30

Linguistic justice in policy and practice

In this talk, Professor Robert Phillipson will assess whether the learning and use of English is being promoted so energetically worldwide that it strengthens multilingualism or marginalises other languages.

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Linguistic justice in policy and practice

Robert Phillipson

Professor Emeritus

Copenhagen Business School

Robert Phillipson is Professor Emeritus in the Department of International Language Studies and Computational Linguistics at the Copenhagen Business School. He is best known for writing ‘Linguistic Imperialism’ (1992) and for his work, often with Tove Skuttnab-Kangas, on language endangerment and linguistic human rights.

Further information

Ticketing

Open

Cost

Free

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Organiser

John O'Regan

john.oregan@ucl.ac.uk