Language and Identity in the University
Exploring Marginality and Liminality in Higher Education
Will be published approx. on 17. March 2026
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-80413-186-2 (ISBN)
Description
Language and Identity in the University is an exploration of the relationship between language and the construction of identities in Higher Education contexts and what this relationship reveals about marginality and liminality. Bringing together studies by researchers and practitioners around the globe, chapters analyse real-world issues and consider how universities as monolingual or plurilingual spaces impact the types of identities available to academics and students. The book is underpinned by an ethos of diversity, seeking to reflect and give voice to liminal and marginal communities.
Contributions include a novel analysis of STEM undergraduates studying languages in the UK, the effect of English language policy in the Algerian HE context, how Deaf academics navigate their identities through language in a UK context, how English-Medium Instruction impacts professional identities at a Spanish university, how fragile academic identities emerge among undergraduates through feedback interactions, the multiple linguistic landscapes of Hispanic-Serving Institutions in the USA, the effects of exile, displacement and migration on identities, and how political realities impinge on academic identities.
This volume will be an invaluable resource for academics and students studying language and identity in sociolinguistics and applied linguistics, as well as for EAP practitioners, language lecturers, EMI lecturers, TESOL lecturers, and academics in education.
Contributions include a novel analysis of STEM undergraduates studying languages in the UK, the effect of English language policy in the Algerian HE context, how Deaf academics navigate their identities through language in a UK context, how English-Medium Instruction impacts professional identities at a Spanish university, how fragile academic identities emerge among undergraduates through feedback interactions, the multiple linguistic landscapes of Hispanic-Serving Institutions in the USA, the effects of exile, displacement and migration on identities, and how political realities impinge on academic identities.
This volume will be an invaluable resource for academics and students studying language and identity in sociolinguistics and applied linguistics, as well as for EAP practitioners, language lecturers, EMI lecturers, TESOL lecturers, and academics in education.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Exeter
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
520 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80413-186-2 (9781804131862)
DOI
10.47788/EKCZ4204
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Yolanda Cerda | Jules Winchester
Language and Identity in the University
Exploring Marginality and Liminality in Higher Education
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03/2026
University of Exeter Press
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Persons
Dr Yolanda Cerda is Director of the Language Centre at the University of Leeds. She has previously lectured and been involved in academic leadership at the University of Sussex and the University of London. Her research and scholarship interests include language and identities in Higher Education, intercultural communication, language and gender, and critical discourse analysis.
Dr Jules Winchester is Emeritus Associate Professor at the School of Media, Arts and Humanities, University of Sussex, UK. Jules has presented and published on language use and identity in intercultural and pedagogical contexts, intercultural linguistic politeness, the pragmatics of humour and how humour competency can be developed in the language classroom.
Dr Jules Winchester is Emeritus Associate Professor at the School of Media, Arts and Humanities, University of Sussex, UK. Jules has presented and published on language use and identity in intercultural and pedagogical contexts, intercultural linguistic politeness, the pragmatics of humour and how humour competency can be developed in the language classroom.
Content
Introduction Jules Winchester
DOI: 10.47788/XIMF4847
1. Contested hybridities and powerful selves: becoming multilingual at the margins of the STEM curriculum Iria González-Becerra
DOI: 10.47788/GZWV7506
2. Migration, mobility, and multilingual identity: a critical realist perspective on the evolving language repertoire of an undergraduate language student Sibylle Ratz
DOI: 10.47788/QCNN7174
3. Developing 'fragile' academic identities in HE: a discursive psychological analysis of identity positioning in tutor feedback on essay writing Neil McLean
DOI: 10.47788/BIUO4382
4. Deaf academics in the university in the UK Dai O'Brien
DOI: 10.47788/EKSS1706
5. The negotiation of EMI professional identities: tensions between self-inhabited and other-ascribed positionings Balbina Moncada-Comas
DOI: 10.47788/GZCF8466
6. From French to English: shifting academic identities and liminal spaces in Algerian higher education Souad Boumechaal and Judith Hanks
DOI: 10.47788/QXRH3866
7. 'Not hired, but hosted': the identities of displaced academics in UK HE institutions Michael Beaney
DOI: 10.47788/PNLW9851
8. Identity in the online linguistic landscape of Midwestern Hispanic-Serving Institutions Richard W. Hallett and Brooke Mullins
DOI: 10.47788/AKXW6368
9. Digital transformation discourse: a critical analysis of the representation of educators and social relations in a case study university Michelle Evans
DOI: 10.47788/DIXN1142
Conclusion: Language and identities in higher education: implications and recommendations Yolanda Cerdá
DOI: 10.47788/ZMNS7360
DOI: 10.47788/XIMF4847
1. Contested hybridities and powerful selves: becoming multilingual at the margins of the STEM curriculum Iria González-Becerra
DOI: 10.47788/GZWV7506
2. Migration, mobility, and multilingual identity: a critical realist perspective on the evolving language repertoire of an undergraduate language student Sibylle Ratz
DOI: 10.47788/QCNN7174
3. Developing 'fragile' academic identities in HE: a discursive psychological analysis of identity positioning in tutor feedback on essay writing Neil McLean
DOI: 10.47788/BIUO4382
4. Deaf academics in the university in the UK Dai O'Brien
DOI: 10.47788/EKSS1706
5. The negotiation of EMI professional identities: tensions between self-inhabited and other-ascribed positionings Balbina Moncada-Comas
DOI: 10.47788/GZCF8466
6. From French to English: shifting academic identities and liminal spaces in Algerian higher education Souad Boumechaal and Judith Hanks
DOI: 10.47788/QXRH3866
7. 'Not hired, but hosted': the identities of displaced academics in UK HE institutions Michael Beaney
DOI: 10.47788/PNLW9851
8. Identity in the online linguistic landscape of Midwestern Hispanic-Serving Institutions Richard W. Hallett and Brooke Mullins
DOI: 10.47788/AKXW6368
9. Digital transformation discourse: a critical analysis of the representation of educators and social relations in a case study university Michelle Evans
DOI: 10.47788/DIXN1142
Conclusion: Language and identities in higher education: implications and recommendations Yolanda Cerdá
DOI: 10.47788/ZMNS7360