Theorizing the speaker and speakerness in applied linguistics

In this Forum Discussion paper, we put forward the concept of ‘speakerness’ and discuss how this notion can be of relevance to the professions associated with language teaching and learning. By ‘speakerness’ we understand the processes through which social actors get defined by their language practi...

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Autores: Pujolar, Joan, O'Rourke, Bernadette
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Data de publicação:2022
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Repositório:O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC
OAI Identifier:oai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/151949
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10609/151949
http://doi.org/10.1558/jalpp.22760
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:New speakers
New Englishes
Multilingualism
Heritage languages
Late capitalism
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spelling Theorizing the speaker and speakerness in applied linguisticsPujolar, JoanO'Rourke, BernadetteNew speakersNew EnglishesMultilingualismHeritage languagesLate capitalismIn this Forum Discussion paper, we put forward the concept of ‘speakerness’ and discuss how this notion can be of relevance to the professions associated with language teaching and learning. By ‘speakerness’ we understand the processes through which social actors get defined by their language practices. We connect this concept with the ongoing debates around so-called ‘non-native’ speakers of English, which have clear implications for ‘non-native teachers’. We revisit these debates by widening the scope; that is, by making connections with another controversy around speakerness, namely that around the so-called ‘new speakers’ of European minority languages. By aligning the two strands of debate, we argue that they respond to common trajectories of nation-building and colonial expansion articulated through the ways in which nationalist and colonialist discourses have constructed languages and deployed them as means of state and colonial rule. After tracing the historical origins of the notion of ‘native speaker’ and summarizing the debates on ‘non-native speakers’ and ‘new speakers’, we point to the ways in which a critical engagement with the concept of speakerness can throw light on other sociolinguistic areas in which the issue of speaker legitimacy is often recruited to naturalize inequalities of race, class or gender.Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice202520252022info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10609/151949http://doi.org/10.1558/jalpp.22760reponame:O2, repositorio institucional de la UOCinstname:Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)Inglés(c) Authorsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/1519492026-05-28T12:42:01Z
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title Theorizing the speaker and speakerness in applied linguistics
spellingShingle Theorizing the speaker and speakerness in applied linguistics
Pujolar, Joan
New speakers
New Englishes
Multilingualism
Heritage languages
Late capitalism
title_short Theorizing the speaker and speakerness in applied linguistics
title_full Theorizing the speaker and speakerness in applied linguistics
title_fullStr Theorizing the speaker and speakerness in applied linguistics
title_full_unstemmed Theorizing the speaker and speakerness in applied linguistics
title_sort Theorizing the speaker and speakerness in applied linguistics
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pujolar, Joan
O'Rourke, Bernadette
author Pujolar, Joan
author_facet Pujolar, Joan
O'Rourke, Bernadette
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv New speakers
New Englishes
Multilingualism
Heritage languages
Late capitalism
topic New speakers
New Englishes
Multilingualism
Heritage languages
Late capitalism
description In this Forum Discussion paper, we put forward the concept of ‘speakerness’ and discuss how this notion can be of relevance to the professions associated with language teaching and learning. By ‘speakerness’ we understand the processes through which social actors get defined by their language practices. We connect this concept with the ongoing debates around so-called ‘non-native’ speakers of English, which have clear implications for ‘non-native teachers’. We revisit these debates by widening the scope; that is, by making connections with another controversy around speakerness, namely that around the so-called ‘new speakers’ of European minority languages. By aligning the two strands of debate, we argue that they respond to common trajectories of nation-building and colonial expansion articulated through the ways in which nationalist and colonialist discourses have constructed languages and deployed them as means of state and colonial rule. After tracing the historical origins of the notion of ‘native speaker’ and summarizing the debates on ‘non-native speakers’ and ‘new speakers’, we point to the ways in which a critical engagement with the concept of speakerness can throw light on other sociolinguistic areas in which the issue of speaker legitimacy is often recruited to naturalize inequalities of race, class or gender.
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