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Decolonizing Language

Decolonizing Language is a theoretical framework within language politics that critically examines and challenges the epistemic, cultural, and institutional legacies of colonialism in linguistic practices, privileging marginalized languages and discourses to recenter non-Western ways of knowing.

157

Publications

8K

Citations

155

Authors

93

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

75

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Publications

157

Rejecting abyssal thinking in the language and education of racialized bilinguals: A manifesto

Ofelia Garcı́a, Nelson Flores, Kate Seltzer et al. · Critical Inquiry in Language Studies · 2021 · 501 citations · Full text

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The Decolonial Option in English Teaching: Can the Subaltern Act?

B. Kumaravadivelu · TESOL Quarterly · 2014 · 476 citations

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The Natives Are Gazing and Talking Back: Reviewing the Problematics of Positionality, Voice, and Accountability among "Native" Anthropologists

Lanita Jacobs‐Huey · American Anthropologist · 2002 · 296 citations

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Legacies of colonial English: studies in transported dialects

Choice Reviews Online · 2005 · 286 citations

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Linguistics in a colonial world: a story of language, meaning and power

Alamin Mazrui · Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development · 2009 · 229 citations

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Authors

155

  1. NF
    Nelson Flores

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    4 publications · 763 citations

    4

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  2. SM
    Sinfree Makoni

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    3 publications · 277 citations

    4

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  3. JR
    Jonathan Rosa

    Stanford University, United States

    3 publications · 615 citations

    3

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  4. SC
    Suresh Canagarajah

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    3 publications · 112 citations

    3

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  5. TC
    Terry Crowley

    Vanuatu Cultural Centre, Vanuatu

    3 publications · 59 citations

    3

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Institutions

93

  1. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    7 h-index

    6 publications

    389 citations

  2. Education University of Hong Kong

    Tai Po, Hong Kong

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    194 citations

  3. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    631 citations

  4. University of Cape Town

    Rondebosch, South Africa

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    267 citations

  5. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    230 citations

  6. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    158 citations

  7. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    615 citations

  8. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    181 citations

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Venues

  1. Critical Inquiry in Language Studies

    CILS · 7 publications · 926 citations

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  2. Applied Linguistics

    4 publications · 135 citations

    6

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  3. TESOL Quarterly

    4 publications · 575 citations

    5

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  4. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 4 publications · 589 citations

    4

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  5. ELT Journal

    3 publications · 193 citations

    3

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