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1 - Linguaphobia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2024

Yaron Matras
Affiliation:
Aston University and the University of Haifa
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The pro-Brexit campaign leading up to the 2016 referendum in the UK and in its aftermath was accompanied and driven by a narrative that was hostile to immigration and its cultural implications. Language played a role, with Leave campaigners criticising the presence of multiple languages in UK society and government agencies embarking on an 'English first' campaign that linked community languages to lack of integration and social incoherence. At the same time some arguments in support of foreign language learning embraced the Brexit narrative claiming that language skills will help post-Brexit Britain gain global influence. The chapter surveys different strands of UK language policy and concludes with an assessment of latest Census figures on language pointing to the increase in multilingualism.

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Speech and the City
Multilingualism, Decoloniality and the Civic University
, pp. 1 - 18
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Linguaphobia
  • Yaron Matras, Aston University and the University of Haifa
  • Book: Speech and the City
  • Online publication: 23 May 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108757959.002
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  • Linguaphobia
  • Yaron Matras, Aston University and the University of Haifa
  • Book: Speech and the City
  • Online publication: 23 May 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108757959.002
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  • Linguaphobia
  • Yaron Matras, Aston University and the University of Haifa
  • Book: Speech and the City
  • Online publication: 23 May 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108757959.002
Available formats
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