[Linganth] References on Language and Citizenship?

[Claudia Strauss]

Dear Alejandro,
Language policies are highly relevant to citizenship in its broader sense, as inclusion or social standing.   A political scientist who has written about this for the US is Deborah Schildkraut, Press 1 for English.  See the attached for a chapter I've assigned from that book. She accepts the distinction between classic liberalism and civic republicanism but interestingly shows that those values can lead to both support for and opposition to exclusionary English Only policies.
Best,
Claudia Strauss
Professor of Anthropology
Pitzer College
1050 N. Mills Ave.
Claremont, CA 91711

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From: Linganth [linganth-bounces at listserv.linguistlist.org] on behalf of Philipp Sebastian Angermeyer [pangerme at yorku.ca]
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2016 9:51 AM
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Subject: Re: [Linganth] References on Language and Citizenship?

Hi Alejandro,

Are you thinking of citizenship in a somewhat metaphorical sense, or in a legal
sense also?

In the legal sense of citizenship, one connection to language is in the
widespread practice of language analysis for the determination of origin of
refugees whose country of origin is in doubt (LADO). In relying on LADO,
refugee boards work on the assumption that citizens of a particular country
will be identifiable based on characteristics of their language. This practice
has been critically examined by sociolinguists working in language and law. A
lot of information can be found on this website:
https://www.essex.ac.uk/larg/

Best,
Philipp

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Philipp Sebastian Angermeyer
Associate Professor
Director, Graduate Program in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics
York University
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4700 Keele Street
Toronto, Ontario
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tel: (416) 736-2100 extension 33793
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pangerme at yorku.ca
http://www.yorku.ca/pangerme/philipp.htm


Quoting "Alejandro I. Paz" <alejandro.paz at utoronto.ca>:

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>     Just wondering what references pop into people's mind on language
>     and citizenship? I'm especially interested in two things. First,
>     anything that challenges the liberal vs republican divide in
>     thinking about citizenship, and second, anything that challenges the
>     approach of Habermas et al, which assume a liberal language ideology
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>     But, anything that you think tackles the relation of language and
>     citizenship usefully would be great!
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>     I will post any and all suggestions back to the list, so feel to
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>     Thanking you in advance,
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>     Alejandro
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> Alejandro I. Paz
> Assistant Professor of Anthropology
> University of Toronto Scarborough
> Graduate Depts of Anthropology and Linguistics
> University of Toronto
> http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/people/aipaz/
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