Month March 2025

Gendered Language – Language that reflects or enforces gender distinctions.

Code-Mixing as Empowerment – The use of multiple languages to assert identity and power in social contexts.

Gendered Language and Power – How language reinforces or challenges gender roles.

Sociolinguistic Stratification – The relationship between social class and language variation.

Accent Bias – Discrimination based on the way someone speaks.

Speech Restrictions and Censorship – The control of language use by governments or institutions.

Linguistic Nationalism – The promotion of a language as central to national identity.

Bilingualism and Social Mobility – How knowing multiple languages can affect social and economic status.

Linguistic Imperialism – The spread of a dominant language at the expense of local languages, often tied to colonialism.