Ingrid Piller (born 1967) is an Australian
linguist
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, who specializes in intercultural communication, language learning, multilingualism, and bilingual education. Piller is Distinguished Professor at
Macquarie University and an elected fellow of the
Australian Academy of the Humanities
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. Piller serves as Editor-in-Chief of the academic journal ''
Multilingua'' and as founding editor of the research dissemination site ''
Language on the Move.'' She is a member of the
Australian Research Council (ARC) College of Experts.
Career
Piller received her PhD from the
Technical University Dresden
TU Dresden (for german: Technische Universität Dresden, abbreviated as TUD and often wrongly translated as "Dresden University of Technology") is a public research university, the largest institute of higher education in the city of Dresden, th ...
in 1995 for a thesis about American Automobile Names. In 2007, Piller was appointed executive director of the
Adult Migrant English Program Research Center at Macquarie University. She is a member of the executive group of the international research network "Social participation across generations in linguistically diverse societies – risks and chances in times of crises".
Research and impact
Piller works in
Applied Linguistics
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and
Sociolinguistics
Sociolinguistics is the descriptive study of the effect of any or all aspects of society, including cultural Norm (sociology), norms, expectations, and context (language use), context, on the way language is used, and society's effect on languag ...
with a focus on
Intercultural Communication
Intercultural communication is a discipline that studies communication across different cultures and social groups, or how culture affects communication. It describes the wide range of communication processes and problems that naturally appear w ...
,
Language Learning
Language acquisition is the process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive and comprehend language (in other words, gain the ability to be aware of language and to understand it), as well as to produce and use words and sentences to ...
,
Multilingualism
Multilingualism is the use of more than one language, either by an individual speaker or by a group of speakers. It is believed that multilingual speakers outnumber monolingual speakers in the world's population. More than half of all E ...
, and
Bilingual Education
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. Her research examines the social consequences of linguistic diversity resulting from migration and globalization for employment, education, and other aspects of social participation.
According to
Google Scholar
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, her work has been cited more than 7,100 times.
Honors and awards
* Elected fellow of the
Australian Academy of the Humanities
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in 2017
* Recipient of 2018
Anneliese Maier
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Biography
Anneliese Maier was th ...
Research Award by the
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
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for her research into the social consequences of linguistic diversity
* Appointed Distinguished Professor at
Macquarie University in 2019 in recognition of her contributions to Applied Linguistics and Sociolinguistics
* Winner of the 2017 Book Prize of the
British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL) for her book ''Linguistic Diversity and Social Justice'' (Oxford University Press, 2016)
* Winner of the 2017
Prose Award in the category "Language and Linguistics" for her book ''Linguistic Diversity and Social Justice'' (Oxford University Press, 2016)
* Recipient of the
Australian Linguistic Society The Australian Linguistic Society (ALS) is an academic association for linguists. It was established in 1967 with the primary goal of furthering interest in and support for linguistics research and teaching in Australia. The Australian Linguistic So ...
's 2012 Talkley Award for contributions to public knowledge about language
Selected publications
Books
* Piller, I. (2002). ''Bilingual Couples Talk: The discursive construction of hybridity''. Amsterdam: Benjamins.
* Piller, I. (2016). ''Linguistic diversity and social justice''. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. Persian translation, 2019.
* Piller, I. (2017). ''Intercultural Communication: A Critical Introduction'' (2nd ed.). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Japanese translation of 1st edition, 2014.
Book chapters
* Pavlenko, A., & Piller, I. (2001). New Directions in the Study of Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, and Gender. In A. Pavlenko, A. Blackledge, I. Piller, & M. Teutsch-Dwyer (Eds.), ''Multilingualism, Second Language Learning and Gender'' (pp. 17–52). Berlin and New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
* Piller, I. (2008). ‘I always wanted to marry a cowboy:’ bilingual couples, language and desire. In T. A. Karis & K. D. Killian (Eds.), ''Intercultural Couples: Exploring Diversity in Intimate Relationships'' (pp. 53–70). London: Routledge.
* Piller, I. (2010). Sex in the city: on making space and identity in travel spaces. In A. Jaworski & C. Thurlow (Eds.), ''Semiotic Landscapes: Language, Image, Space'' (pp. 123–136). London: Continuum.
* Piller, I. (2018). Dubai: Language in the ethnocratic, corporate and mobile city. In D. Smakman & P. Heinrich (Eds.), ''Urban Sociolinguistics: the city as a linguistic process and experience'' (pp. 77–94). London: Routledge.
* Piller, I., & Takahashi, K. (2006). A passion for English: desire and the language market. In A. Pavlenko (Ed.), ''Bilingual minds: Emotional experience, expression, and representation'' (pp. 59–83). Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
* Piller, I., & Takahashi, K. (2013). Language work aboard the low-cost airline. In A. Duchêne, M. Moyer, & C. Roberts (Eds.), ''Language, Migration and Social Inequalities: A Critical Sociolinguistic Perspective on Institutions and Work'' (pp. 95–117). Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
Journal articles
* Piller, I. (2002). Passing for a native speaker: identity and success in second language learning. ''Journal of Sociolinguistics'', 6(2), 179–206.
* Piller, I. (2016). Monolingual ways of seeing multilingualism. ''Journal of Multicultural Discourses'', 11(1), 25–33.
* Piller, I., & Cho, J. (2013). Neoliberalism as language policy. ''Language in Society'', 42(1), 23–44.
* Piller, I., & Gerber, L. (2021). Family language policy between the bilingual advantage and the monolingual mindset. ''International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism'', 24(5), 622–635.
* Piller, I., & Lising, L. (2014). Language, employment and settlement: temporary meat workers in Australia. ''Multilingua'', 33(1/2), 35–59.
* Piller, I., Zhang, J., & Li, J. (2020). Linguistic diversity in a time of crisis. ''Multilingua'', 39(5), 503–515.
References
External links
Macquarie University researcher profile''Language on the Move'' editor profile*
Research blog of Piller and her team
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21st-century linguists
Applied linguists
TU Dresden alumni
Macquarie University faculty
1967 births
Living people
Linguists from Australia
Women linguists