37.2088, Books: Power, Mobility and Voice: Arnaut, Maly, Parkin, and Spotti (eds.) (2026)

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Date: 16-Jun-2026
From: Flo McClelland [flo at multilingual-matters.com]
Subject: Power, Mobility and Voice: Arnaut, Maly, Parkin, and Spotti (eds.) (2026)


Title: Power, Mobility and Voice
Subtitle: Jan Blommaert's Unfinished Business
Series Title: Encounters
Publication Year: 2026

Publisher: Multilingual Matters
           http://www.multilingual-matters.com/
Book URL:
https://www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/?K=9781836683575

Editor(s): Karel Arnaut, Ico Maly, David Parkin and Massimiliano
Spotti

Pbk ISBN 9781836683575 £49.95 / US$69.95 / €59.95
Hbk ISBN 9781836682646 £139.95 / US$189.95 / €166.95
PDF ISBN 9781836682653 Open Access
EPUB ISBN 9781836682660 £1.00 / US$1.00 / €1.00

Abstract:

Builds on the profound and challenging legacy of sociolinguist Jan
Blommaert, one of the most important thinkers in contemporary
sociolinguistics, who dismantled the theoretical and ideological
orthodoxies of his time.
This volume honours the influential work of Jan Blommaert, furthering
his critical and constructive engagement with power dynamics across
numerous domains. It takes Blommaert’s work as a starting point to
approach the challenges of a changing social world, using his
frameworks to explore new contexts and applying new methodologies to
established fields of study.
The chapter authors – Jan’s colleagues, students and others inspired
by his work – explore four themes of his scholarly legacy, expanding
on his work and looking to new contexts. They elaborate on the concept
of chronotopes, explore ideologies of language diversity and
inequality, address normativities in complex online and offline
spaces, and analyse voice as agency in time and space.
Spanning a wide range of academic disciplines and contexts, they share
a core commitment to analysing language in relation to society and
power, arguably the most pressing legacy of Blommaert’s work.
This book is open access under a CC BY NC ND licence.

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics




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