Shades of Decolonial Voices in Linguistics - Paperback

by Sinfree Makoni (Editor), Cristine Severo (Editor), Ashraf Abdelhay (Editor)

This book argues that Linguistics has been shaped by colonization. It outlines how linguistic practices may be decolonized and the challenges which this poses to linguists. It concludes that decolonization in Linguistics is a process with no definite end point and cannot be completely successful until societies are decolonized too.

Author Biography

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.

Visnja Milojičic 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.