Shades of Decolonial Voices in Linguistics

Sinfree Makoni is a Professor in Applied Linguistics and African Studies and Director of African Studies at Pennsylvania State University, USA. He is an Extraordinary Professor at North-West University, Western Cape University; a Visiting Professor, Nelson Mandela University; and a Researcher at University of Zululand, South Africa.Cristine Severo is an Associate Professor at Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil, and a CNPq national Fellow. Ashraf Abdelhay works for the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar, as an Associate Professor in the program of Linguistics and Arabic Lexicography.Anna Kaiper-Marquez is the Director of Family Literacy, National Center for Families Learning, USA.Višnja Milojičić is a doctoral student in the Department of Applied Linguistics, a research assistant for the Global Virtual Forum, and a tutor for the KAUST program at Pennsylvania State University, USA.

• DedicationMagda Madany-Saa: Interlude: In Memory of Átila CalventeGratitudes and Acknowledgements Peter E. Jones: ForewordSinfree Makoni, Cristine Severo, Ashraf Abdelhay, Anna Kaiper-Marquez and Višnja Milojičić: Why 'Shades of Decolonial Linguistics'?Chapter 1. David Bade: Living Theory and Theory that Kills: Language, Communication and Control Chapter 2. Salikoko S. Mufwene: An Iconoclast’s Approach to Decolonial LinguisticsChapter 3. Robin Sabino: Giving Jack His Jacket: Linguistic Contact in the Danish West IndiesChapter 4. John Joseph: Challenging the Dominance of Mind over Body in the History of Language AnalysisChapter 5. Peter de Souza and Rukmini Bhaya Nair: Keywords for India: A Conceptual Lexicon for the 21st CenturyChapter 6. Tommaso Milani: Queer Anger: A Conversation on Alliances and Affective Politics Chapter 7. Bonny Norton: Identity and the African Storybook Initiative: A Decolonial Project?Chapter 8. Nick Riemer: Domination and Underlying Form in LinguisticsChapter 9. Alison Phipps and Piki Diamond: Decolonising Multilingualism: A Practice-Led ApproachVišnja Milojičić and Rafael Lomeu Gomes: EpilogueIndex

I have been learning so much from the Global Virtual Forum that I eagerly anticipated reading this book. It did not disappoint. From its moving tribute to Atila Calvente to its polyglossic treatment of knowledge and the question of who has the warrant to legitimize it, this book is both informative and inspirational, summoning us all to join in decolonizing linguistics.