Representations of Afghan cultural identity in the American consciousness are few and far between. It would be hard to dispute that the most famous of these representations is authored by Khaled ...

The relationship between language and ethnic identity has long occupied a central place in social, cultural and political thought. It is a relationship that is at once intimate and complex – uniting ...

Carmen Fought needed a textbook for her course on “Language and Ethnicity.” She ended up writing one. “The fact that there aren’t better materials out there for me to use is one of the things that ...

Amelia Tseng does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

My empirical research on linguistic practice in India has been foundational to a series of articles coauthored with Mary Bucholtz that interrogate the relationship between language and identity. Our ...

This Pew Research Center analysis explores attitudes on the importance of language, customs and traditions, birthplace, and religion as components of national identity in 23 countries in North America ...

Language and identity are closely intertwined and are constantly under discussion. Click on the titles below to read people's comments and join the debate. Share this page The BBC is not responsible ...

Ramphal urges readers to embrace language as a creative and liberating force that should celebrate cultural authenticity rather than conform to a one-size-fits-all standard. Through this book, he ...

Your identity is tied up in how you speak and write more than you might think. In today’s Academic Minute, the University of Memphis’s Roger Kreuz explains why. Kreuz is an associate dean and ...