Abstract That English has spread in Asia is well-known, but this critical reflection, and the five contributions book review that we hereby introduce, contribute to rectifying relative absence sociology of language literature studies approaching ideologies practices specific Asian contexts from local perspectives. We are not alone; our inspections journal archives show scholars increasingly res...

This study aimed to analyze the phenomenon of change theoretically, by evoking concept within its epistemological contexts, from perspective researchers and academics, who devoted their studies develop a clear conception change.
 There have been many perspectives that studied subject with efforts scholars affiliated different theoretical ideologies. We find functional interpretations as vi...

Mixed-heritage individuals (MHIs) are known to face high levels of social exclusion. Here, we investigate how raciolinguistic ideologies related one’s heritage language abilities add these exclusionary experiences. The results from 293 MHIs reveal frequent experiences marginalisation members each their communities because racial appearance and practices perceived as deviant outside imagined ‘mo...