In Conversations with Scholars on Contemporary Issues and Research Agendas in Language Ideologies (original) (raw)

Research in language ideologies emerged as a significant field of inquiry, especially in the early work of linguistic anthropologists. Yet, there are a multiplicity of issues related to language ideologies that need grave attention; for example, to understand the complexities of political, social, and symbolic associations of language(s) and their users in the contemporary unsettling worlds. This paper features some key researchers whose research and scholarship largely center around language ideologies. They together highlight some of the key contemporary issues around language ideologies as a field of inquiry and underline some important future research agendas moving forward. The six scholars, who represent different geographical and research contexts (e.g., the UK, Europe, North America, South Asia, and Southeast Asia), have graciously offered their perspectives on the significance of utilizing language ideologies as a theoretical lens in the contemporary language education research and illuminating some future research agendas. Based on brief yet meaningful conversations with these scholars, this paper lays out nine research strands of language ideologies that need critical attention.