University of Warwick will lead a new research project, in a collaboration between nine universities in nine countries to explore language policy across Europe.

Professor Angela Creese at University of Warwick will lead the research project, Strategies to strengthen European linguistic capital in a globalised world (MultiLX), funded through Horizon Europe.

Increased mobility of people has altered the linguistic make-up of Europe, while rapid developments in AI and other digital technology have revolutionised the way people communicate. There is an urgent need for language policy to keep pace with these changes. This research project addresses that need by investigating the diversity of linguistic practices in Europe and making recommendations to language policy-makers.

Professor Angela Creese from the Department of Applied Linguistics at University of Warwick said, “By conducting ethnographic observations in Barcelona, Berlin, Lucerne, Oslo, Santiago de Compostela and Turin, academics will gain a comprehensive knowledge of the everyday language practices of young people, including their digital practices. With this evidence we will make recommendations for an equitable language policy in Europe which reflects young people’s semiotic repertoires.”

The research project, which runs from 1st January 2025 to 31st December 2027, will provide policy makers with comprehensive evidence of the communicative practices and language ideologies of young people in Europe.

MultiLX, led by Professor Angela Creese, is a collaboration between: University of Warwick (Adrian Blackledge and Angela Creese); Universitetet i Oslo (Pia Lane); Fundació per a la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Maite Puigdevall Serralvo and Joan Pujolar Cos); Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg (Katharina Brizic); Università degli Studi di Torino (Gerardo Mazzaferro); University of Glasgow (Bernadette O'Rourke); Jyväskylän yliopisto (Sari Pietikäinen); University of Limerick (Helen Kelly-Holmes); and Pädagogische Hochschule Luzern (Edina Krompák).

Find out more: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/al/people/creese/

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