Marta Kirilova

University of Copenhagen · Nordic Studies and Linguistics

Language, whether spoken, written, or signed, has a huge capacity either to facilitate social justice or undermine it. The first reference resource to specifically explore the interface between language and social justice, this volume examines how language symbolizes, frames, and expresses political, economic, and psychic problems in society, and c...

This paper concerns interpreter-mediated courtroom hearings inDenmark. Based on audio-recordings, we analyse the contributions of judgeand interpreter, and we focus on if, how and by whom the non-Danish speakingaccused is informed about the possibility to speak with a lawyer in private.Although legally trivial, this information is crucial to the ac...

This paper discusses a disturbance to the Danish legal system, a cornerstone in the state of law. We focus on ‘expressions of upset’ during a reorganization of Danish legal interpreting, which was followed closely by the Danish media. We analyze these expressions as ‘communicative uptakes’ and we discuss how they made different elements of the inte...

During the last decade, universities worldwide have gradually become more internationalized. The article contributes theoretically as well as empirically to the field of internationalization in higher education by discussing two plurilingual language strategies that have recently been implemented in Danish higher education. The authors discuss sign...

During the last decade, universities worldwide have gradually become more internationalized. The article contributes theoretically as well as empirically to the field of internationalization in higher education by discussing two plurilingual language strategies that have recently been implemented in Danish higher education. The authors discuss sign...

I denne artikel analyserer jeg datauddrag fra to jobinterview hvor ansøgerne taler dansk som andetsprog. Data stammer fra et integrationsinitiativ i Danmark hvis formål var at få flygtninge og indvandrere i arbejde. Jeg anvender en sprogideologisk ramme i analyserne (Silverstein 1985, Irvine og Gal 2000) som jeg operationaliserer igennem begreberne...

Language, Migration and Social Inequalities: A Critical Sociolinguistic Perspective on Institutions and Work is a collection of articles that brings together ethnographic research from around the world to explore language as a distinctive resource in the regimentation of migrants in a neoliberal political economy. The book deepens our understanding...

This dissertation is a sociolinguistic, data-driven study of authentic job interviews with second language speakers of Danish. The job interviews are part of a Danish governmental initiative aimed particularly at immigrants and newcomers to Denmark, who are assumed to experience linguistic and cultural difficulties at the Danish labour market. The...