Dr Julia Sallabank
PhD (Lancaster)
Overview
Department of Linguistics
Senior Lecturer in Language Support and Revitalisation
- Name:
- Dr Julia Sallabank
- Email address:
- js72@soas.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- 020 7898 4326
- Address:
- SOAS, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG - Building:
- Russell Square: College Buildings
- Office No:
- 428b
- On Sabbatical:
- Term 1 - 2012
Teaching
Courses Taught
- Directed Readings in Linguistics/the Structure of Language A
- Directed Readings in Linguistics/the Structure of Language B
- Language Planning and Policy
- Language support and revitalisation
- Language, Society and Communication
- Language, Society and Communication (Masters)
PhD Students supervised
- Birgul Yilmaz,
- Jeff Izzard, Language attitudes and identity in the Tibetan Dharamsala diaspora
- Khadija Chennoufi-Gilkes, Insiders and Insider-Outsiders: A transnational discourse-network study of the Algerian Kabyle Amazigh cultural movement via social media
Research
My main research interests are language revitalisation, language policy and planning, mainly from a sociolinguistic perspective. I am particularly interested in 'intellectualisation' of the field of language revitalisation, which is under-theorised.
I have become increasingly interested in literacy practices in endangered languages, and their implications for language policy. I am also interested in making links with other disciplines such as anthropology and human development.
Since 2000 I have been working with the endangered language community in Guernsey, Channel Islands, and have an Endangered Languages Documentation grant for documentation of the indigenous language, Guernesiais.
Expertise
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Available for
- Radio
- Press
- Briefings
- Special Study Programmes
- Short Term Consultancy
- Long Term Consultancy
- TV
Regional Expertise
Country Expertise
Languages
- French
- German
- Spanish
Publications
Edited Books
Austin, Peter K. and Sallabank, Julia, eds. (2011) Cambridge Handbook of Endangered Languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics)
Book Chapters
Sallabank, Julia (2012) 'Diversity and language policy for endangered languages.' In: Spolsky, Bernard, (ed.), Cambridge Handbook of Language Policy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics)
Sallabank, Julia (2006) 'Guernsey French, identity and language endangerment.' In: Omoniyi, Tope and White, Goodith, (eds.), The Sociolinguistics of Identity. London: Continuum, pp. 131-156. (Advances in Sociolinguistics)
Sallabank, Julia (2006) 'Prospects for Linguistic Diversity in Europe and Beyond: Views from a Small Island.' In: Leung, C. and Jenkins, J., (eds.), Reconfiguring Europe: The Contribution of Applied Linguistics. Equinox Publishing, pp. 41-63.
Articles
Sallabank, Julia (2011) 'Norman languages of the Channel Islands: Current situation, language maintenance and revitalisation.' Shima: The International Journal of Research into Island Cultures, 5 (2). pp. 19-44.
Sallabank, Julia (2005) 'Prestige from the Bottom Up: A Review of Language Planning in Guernsey.' Current Issues in Language Planning, 6 (1). pp. 44-63.
Sallabank, Julia (2002) 'Writing in an Unwritten Language: The Case of Guernsey French.' Reading Working Papers in Linguistics, 6 . pp. 217-244.
