In this introductory paper, we argue for a stronger link between language and intercultural communication research, theory development, social/political action. We aim to reignite the debate about our role as public transformative intellectuals let advocacy empowerment be embedded in work. This calls shift focus from elite groups who have dominated narrative disenfranchised like refugees (forced) migrant workers. also reflect on multi-positionality scholars, present dialectics of language,...

This paper is concerned with the relationship between attitude and behaviour in language. Adolescent male female subjects were recorded index‐scores of their linguistic compared to assessment ingroup members a verbal‐guise experiment, attitudes concerning language usage questionnaire. It was hypothesised that subjects' would be closer vernacular, they also express more positive towards than subjects. However, no significant correlation found quantitative analysis, but results from...

The power and status of America in the world today are undeniable. This paper presents some empirical data about attitudes perceptions Danish learners EFL have British American English. Ninety-six participated a verbal-guise experiment that involved rating different accents English: American, Australian, Received Pronunciation (RP), Scottish Cockney. Dependent measures on dimensions status, solidarity attractiveness language were obtained together with assessing perceived culture....

Click to increase image sizeClick decrease size Notes on contributorsHans J. Ladegaard studied at Odense University, Denmark, and Cambridge England. Prior his present post as Professor in the Department of English Hong Kong Baptist he taught universities Denmark UK. His research interests include ICC, language attitudes stereotypes, gender, narratives migration, has published widely these issues books international journals. He is co-editor review editor Pragmatics Society (John...

This paper focuses on the experience of trauma in Indonesian migrant domestic workers’ storytelling. It draws a large corpus narratives told by 131 workers who share their traumatic experiences small-group sharing sessions. The outlines predominant themes that were identified across sessions, and, using discourse analytical approach combines linguistic analysis with narrative therapy, it identifies three coping strategies common narratives, and analyzes six examples as evidence. They show...

This article analyses excerpts from narratives told by foreign domestic helpers in a Hong Kong church shelter. The stories are trauma about physical assault, sexual abuse, starvation, and other forms of exploitation, the women also suffer pains being separated their families. Therefore, it is to be expected that crying salient paralinguistic feature, but more surprising laughter equally salient. selected helper focusing on functions laughter. Theories reviewed argued existing theoretical...

This article analyses domestic helper narratives focusing on identity construction in diaspora. It reports an ongoing research project a church shelter Hong Kong where foreign helpers (FDHs) seek help when they have been abused. Many of the stories told by FDHs are trauma about physical assault, starvation, underpayment, and exploitation, explores how may be used as means for construction, but also site empowering to re‐author their become agents own lives. The show linguistic resources...

Trauma can be defined as an event that goes beyond ordinary modes of experience and linguistic representation. It represents a break not just with particular form representation but the possibility at all. Drawing on large corpus domestic migrant worker narratives, article analyses trauma narratives in which women share their experiences while working for abusive employers. The stories deal unspeakable suffering humiliation, attempts to outline narrative structures characterise storytelling:...

This article analyses how university students in Hong Kong talk about ‘self’ and ‘other’. Three groups of students, Chinese, Mainland Overseas Exchange were asked to characterise these three a pre-discussion questionnaire, subsequently discuss freely what they had written. Selected excerpts from discussions are analysed, the show that there significant differences between written oral responses. The stereotypes appear be predominantly positive, whereas jointly construct negative ‘the other’...

The activities of Fulani nomads in Ghana have gained considerable media attention and engendered continuing public debate. In this paper, we analyze the prejudiced portrayals Ghanaian news media, how these contribute to an exclusionist a discriminatory discourse that puts at margins society. study employs critical analysis framework draws on dataset 160 articles, including stories, editorials op-ed pieces. reveals are discursively constructed as undesirables through othering process centers...

Abstract In the public discourse about Mainland China (MLC) in Hong Kong (HK), is usually presented as ingroup, and "one-country-one-people" ideology widely supported. private discourse, however, MLC outgroup. This article analyzes spontaneous online discussions from a chat forum where local non-local Chinese students an Intercultural Communication class discuss self- other-categorizations HK MLC. The analyses demonstrate that wide range of mitigation strategies used, suggesting constantly...

This article analyzes how employees in a global business organization talk about their colleagues other countries. Employees were asked to discuss work practices focus group settings, and give examples of they experience ‘the other’. Using Discursive Psychology Politeness Theory as the analytic approaches, pieces discourse disclose social psychological phenomena such identity, intergroup differentiation, stereotypes. The analyses show that talking other’ is potentially face-threatening,...

This article reports on a study of domestic migrant worker returnee narratives. The stories were recorded in villages Java, Indonesia, and the women talk about their experience remigration. Because years separation, family members are 'family' only name, familiar concept 'home' has become strange place. homecoming therefore involves attempts to redefine 'self' 'home', reconnect emotionally with estranged members. also considers narratives as critique current identity research, which assumes...

Recent research has shown that increasing the number of international students and staff in universities does not necessarily make campus more ‘international’. Ladegaard Cheng (2014 Ladegaard, H. J., F. Cheng. 2014. “Constructing Cultural ‘Other’: Prejudice Intergroup Conflict University Students’ Discourses about ‘The Other’.” Language & Intercultural Communication 14 (2): 156–175. doi: 10.1080/14708477.2013.849718[Taylor Francis Online], [Web Science ®] , [Google Scholar]) found local...

Many sociolinguistic studies have found that female speakers prefer standard speech forms while male vernacular forms. This article addresses two questions: (1) when does this split between and language occur in the of young children; (2) how do little boys girls come to linguistic features which are predominant adults? Two hypotheses accounting for mechanisms transmission presented – frequency hypothesis role‐model data from a study Danish children's acquisition past‐tense morphology is...

This paper is concerned with young people's perceptions and reported use of the two language varieties that co-exist in urban centre Guangzhou southern China, Putonghua (P) Cantonese (C). P a typical H-variety, promoted by government used as lingua franca throughout China; C local L-variety but it also has some prestige all domains. The focus our questionnaire study was twofold: to analyse possible gender differences use, compare results from P-speaking newcomers, who have moved other parts...

This article analyzes how a group of Hong Kong students talk about people in other countries an informal discussion. The focus is on the discursive construction outgroup stereotypes, and analyses show that attitudes discussed are highly variable, even contradictory — across as well within individual members. Discursive Psychology used theoretically informed analytic approach for analysis, Social Identity Theory (Tajfel) Self-Categorization (Turner) proposed overall theoretical frameworks...