Language and Ethics in Political Discourse

There are lots of Englishes out there, but the way we approach varieties of English sets learners up to fail. How do we combat language ideologies out there in the world — and in our own minds? Dr Ruanni Tupas is the editor of an important new book: Investigating Unequal Englishes: Understanding, Researching and Analysing Inequalities of the Englishes of the World.

We're joined by our special guest host Dr Nicole Holliday, and we are tackling a torrent of words — political and not — that the current news cycle has thrown at us.

Timestamps

• Intros: 0:44
• Words of the Week (coconut, weird, brat): 12:41
• Related or Not: 55:25
• Interview with Ruanni Tupas: 36:36
• More Words of the Week (International Blue Screen Day / Crowdstrike, rawdogging, fedupedness, combining form -nomenon, fridgerton): 1:53:43
• Comments: 2:11:15
• The Reads: 2:13:47