Language in Society in Bangladesh and Beyond

Table of Contents, List of Contributors, Foreword Sinfree Makoni, Chapter 1: Sociolinguistics Research in Bangladesh: Prologue and Progress Shaila Sultana, M. Moninoor Roshid, Md. Zulfeqar Haider, M. Obaidul Hamid, SECTION I: Bilingualism, Diglossia, and Language Variation, Chapter 2: A Sociolinguistic Investigation of Bangla Phonology Syed Shahrier Rahman, Chapter 3: Bengali Language: Dia-Standard or a Diglossic Convergence within a Mix-Dialect Situation? Maniruzzaman, SECTION II: Language in Different Domains, Chapter 4: Popular Versus Statutory Meanings of the Language of Law: How Does People's Understanding Affect the Functionality of Gender Laws in Bangladesh? Arpeeta Shams Mizan and Muhammad Rezaur Rahman, Chapter 5: Lexical Borrowings from English into Modern Bangla Novels: Do They Endanger or Enhance the Vitality of Bangla? Muhammad Azizul Hoque, Chapter 6: Code-Mixing in Bangla Commercial and Non-Commercial Printed Advertisements: A Comparative Study Tawhida Jahan, Chapter 7: Religiosity, Risk, and Language: A Corpus Analysis of Bangladeshi YouTube Discourse about COVID-19, Chris Tang and Tania Rahman, SECTION III: Language and Identity, Chapter 8: Education for All in Bangla: Subtractive Influence on Adibashi Communities in Bangladesh Tanzina Tahereen, Chapter 9: "I Do Not Belong Here": Language Attitude and Identity Development Among Rohingya Community in Bangladesh Shakila Nur, Chapter 10: Translanguaging as Trans-Identity: Insights from Ethnic Minority Students in Bangladesh Mili Saha and Akhter Jahan, Chapter 11: Transglossia and Virtual Role-Play: Bangladeshi Youths' Virtual Resistance Against Oppression Iram Mehrin, Chapter 12: Identification of Home Country Language and Culture: Narratives of Two Bangladeshi Migrants in London Qumrul Hasan Chowdhury, SECTION IV: Language, Space, and Linguistic Transformation, Chapter 13: Linguistic Landscapes (LLs) of Government Primary Schools in Khagrachari, Chattogram, Bangladesh: Peripheralisation of Indigenous Communities Nuzhat Tazin Ahmed, Shaila Sultana, Md. Shamsul Huda, Md Nahid Ferdous Bhuiyan, Chapter 14: Linguistic Landscapes of Bangladesh: Constructing or Reconstructing "Another Place"? Jannatul Ferdouse, Chapter 15: Southern Ways of English: Examining School Websites in Bangladesh M. Obaidul Hamid and Md. Wahidul Islam, Chapter 16: Sociolinguistics Research in Bangladesh: Future Direction Shaila Sultana and Mian Md. Naushaad Kabir