Linguistic Diversity and Social Justice

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Learn about the ways in which linguistic diversity mediates social justice in a world that is undergoing rapid change due to increasing migration and globalization. Explore the following questions: What is the relationship between language and power? How does linguistic prejudice contribute to social inequality? How does linguistic stratification contribute to cultural domination? Engage with scholarly and journalistic work that focuses on the linguistic dimensions of social inequality and examine real-world instances of linguistic injustice.