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Excited to have contributions on: the impact of #media on #EnglishAcquisition in young #Seychellois children, acquiring #EnglishAsALinguaFranca in #families across Europe, #LanguageRepertoires in #Turkish-#Italian couples in Istanbul, 2/
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Linguistic injustice as a form of #EpistemicInjustice in #Philosophy (applies to other disciplines, too).

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1A: Increase assistance with English—journals should provide English-language services such as proofreading at no cost to the author. 1B: Abandon “readability” standards—journals should stop evaluating submissions on the basis of “readability”, including how “idiomatic” the English is as well as its “flair” or “style”. 2A: Diversify the canon—philosophers (and journals) should engage with work from a wide range of traditions, not just the mainstream Western canon. 2B: Expand the SEP—articles written for the SEP should be translated into other languages and/or the SEP should commission original entries in other languages. 3A: Increase non-native English speaker representation—editorial boards of journals, admissions committees of graduate programs, etc., should include more non-native speaking philosophers. 3B: Increase cross-linguistic representation—journals should publish material that spotlights non-English language philosophy, especially that which is produced in non-Anglophone
November 27, 2023 at 7:57 PM