The complex simpleness of being bilingual

A rejoinder to ‘Theorizing the speaker and speakerness in applied linguistics’

Authors

  • Li Wei UCL Institute of Education

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jalpp.21090

Keywords:

commentary, bilingual, rejoinder , speaker and speakerness, applied linguistics, speaker , speakerness

Abstract

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Author Biography

  • Li Wei, UCL Institute of Education

    Li Wei is Director and Dean of the UCL Institute of Education, and Professor of Applied Linguistics at University College London (UCL), UK. His research interests include various aspects of bilingualism and multilingualism. He is Fellow of the British Academy, Academia Europaea, the Academy of Social Sciences (UK) and the Royal Society of Arts (UK). He is editor of the International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism and Applied Linguistics Review.

References

Flores, Nelson and Jonathan Rosa (2015) Undoing appropriateness: Raciolinguistic ideologies and language diversity in education. Harvard Educational Review 85 (2): 149–171. https://doi.org/10.17763/0017-8055.85.2.149

García, Ofelia, Nelson Flores, Kate Seltzer, Li Wei, Ricardo Otheguy and Jonathan Rosa (2021). Rejecting abyssal thinking in the language and education of racialized bilinguals: A manifesto. Critical Inquiry in Language Studies 18 (3): 203–228. https://doi.org/10.1080/15427587.2021.1935957

Li Wei (2020) Multilingual English users’ linguistic innovation. World Englishes 39 (2): 236–248. https://doi.org/10.1111/weng.12457

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Published

2022-04-07

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 2 (2019)

Section

Forum Discussion

License

Equinox Publishing Ltd.

How to Cite

Wei, L. . (2022). The complex simpleness of being bilingual: A rejoinder to ‘Theorizing the speaker and speakerness in applied linguistics’. Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice, 16(2), 240–245. https://doi.org/10.1558/jalpp.21090