Language of Democratization

Svenja Kranich is Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Bonn, Germany.Simone Knewitz is Senior Lecturer in North American Studies at the University of Bonn, Germany.Daniela Pirazzini is Professor of Romance Linguistics at the University of Bonn, Germany.Hanna Bruns is a research assistant at the University of Bonn, Germany, where she is currently also pursuing her PhD.

• Introduction to the edited collection: The language of democratization: Roles, social positions, and discourse Svenja Kranich & Simone Knewitz Part 1: Language and discourse variation and change as reflections of social roles and positions 1. The impact of social roles on pragmatic conventions: Recent change in American English as effect of democratization Svenja Kranich, Hanna Bruns, & Reem Sabra 2. Happy birthday, machchal! Address terms in English interactions of the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora Anke Lensch 3. Vox populi, vox dei! The feminization of titles, offices, and professional names in contemporary Italian language: Mental schemas for different and multiple social roles in linguistic democratization Daniela Pirazzini 4. Pronunciation and political power: The case of Emmanuel Macron Anke Grutschus Part 2: Discourse, roles, and language(s) in language politics and education 5. Social marginality through language policy measures: The gate-keeping function of language proficiency examinations for migrants in Italy Silvia Bonacchi 6. Minority languages and democracy in Germany and Spain: Current trends in applying the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages Felix Tacke & Claudia Wich-Reif 7. The democratization imperative and lines of argumentation on inclusive education: The discourse on integrazione scolastica in Italy in the mid-1970s Eugenio Riversi Part 3: Roles and social positions in discourses on (de-)marginalization 8. Who’s afraid of Critical Race Theory? Moms for Liberty, white identity politics, and the affective rhetoric of the Right in the U.S. Simone Knewitz 9. “To bring true reconciliation and healing”: Discursive strategies and practices of freedmen equality and inclusion in the Cherokee Nation Sabine N. Meyer 10. The letters of exclusion: Indonesia’s anti-LGBT discourse and the creation of a social symptom Timo Duile 11. Worldbuilding & diversity, equality, and inclusion Imke Lichterfeld