Linguistic Diversity in a Time of Crisis: language challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic
Channel: Language on the Move
Date: 11/10/2020

The COVID-19 pandemic probably constitutes the greatest mass communication challenge in human history. How to ensure access to timely high-quality information from trusted sources for all the world's linguistically diverse populations?

In this lecture, Distinguished Professor Ingrid Piller, Macquarie University, introduces sociolinguistic research devoted to the language challenges of the crisis, drawing on case studies published on Language on the Move and in a special issue of the sociolinguistics journal Multilingua:

1. The Covid-19 archives on Language on the Move can be found at https://www.languageonthemove.com/tag/covid-19/
2. The special issue of Multilingua dedicated to Linguistic Diversity in a time of crisis is available at https://www.degruyter.com/view/journals/mult/39/5/mult.39.issue-5.xml (free access)

The lecture was delivered as part of the Linguistics Research Seminar series at the University of Western Australia, Perth, on Friday, October 09, 2020.