Power, mobility and voice: Jan Blommaert's unfinished business

Karel Arnaut; Ico Maly; David  Parkin; Massimiliano Spotti

Power, mobility and voice: Jan Blommaert's unfinished business

Karel Arnaut^* (Editor)
, Ico Maly (Editor)
, David Parkin (Editor)
, Massimiliano Spotti

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Book/Report › Book editing › Scientific › peer-review

Abstract

The current volume is a Festschrift honouring and acknowledging the life’s work of Jan Blommaert. There are many works that already celebrate his ideas, and in this volume we provide some focus on them and show the continuity and fertility of this scholarly interest.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Bristol
Publisher	Multilingual Matters
Number of pages	395
ISBN (Electronic)	9781836682660
ISBN (Print)	9781836683575, 9781836682646
Publication status	Published - 16 Jun 2026

Publication series

Name	Encounters

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 4 Quality Education
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

Keywords

Power
mobiliteit
Voice
DISCOURSE
Ethnography
asylum seekers
Scaling
nexus
Online
offline
platforms
memes
chronotopes
linguistics
Sociolinguistics
Globalisation

3 Chapter
1 Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
1 Article
1 Working paper

Language ideological disqualifications in a Dutch as second language classroom for newly arrived migrants
Spotti, M., 16 Jun 2026, Power, mobility and voice: Jan Blommaert's unfinished business. Arnaut, K., Parkin, D., Maly, I. & Massimiliano, S. (eds.). Bristol: Multilingual Matters, p. 134-150 16 p. (Encounters).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Discourse analysis of social media
Maly, I., Dec 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) The encyclopedia of applied linguistics. Chapelle, C. A. (ed.). John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access
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Moderation, metapolitical platforms and the battle over the means of signification
Maly, I., 25 Oct 2025, Diggit Magazine.
Research output: Working paper › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access

Migration and Integration Policy Dilemmas: Dilemmas in the Linguistic Integration of Third Country Nationals
Spotti, M. (Speaker)
5 Mar 2026
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Scientific

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Power, mobility and voice: Jan Blommaert's unfinished business

Abstract

Publication series

UN SDGs

Keywords

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Research output

Language ideological disqualifications in a Dutch as second language classroom for newly arrived migrants

Discourse analysis of social media

Moderation, metapolitical platforms and the battle over the means of signification

Activities

Migration and Integration Policy Dilemmas: Dilemmas in the Linguistic Integration of Third Country Nationals

Cite this