Suresh Canagarajah
Known forWork on translanguaging and linguistic imperialism
Academic background
Education
ThesisNegotiating competing discourses and identities: A sociolinguistic analysis of challenges in academic writing for minority students (1990)
Academic work
DisciplineLinguist
Sub-disciplineEnglish as a second or foreign language
Institutions

Athelstan Suresh Canagarajah is a Tamil-born Sri Lankan linguist and currently an Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Applied linguistics, English, and Asian studies at Pennsylvania State University, where he has been a member of the faculty since 2007. His research covers World Englishes and teaching English to speakers of other languages. He has published works on translingualism, translanguaging,[1] linguistic imperialism,[2] and social and political issues in language education.[3] His book, Translingual Practice: Global Englishes and Cosmopolitan Relations, has won three nationally recognized best book awards.[4][5][6]

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Notable awards

References

  1. ^ Overstreet, Matthew (June 2, 2016). "The Global Inevitable: A Review of Canagarajah's Translingual Practice". Enculturation. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  2. ^ Bhatt, Rakesh (2002). "Review of Suresh Canagarajah: Resisting linguistic imperialism in English teaching". Language in Society. 31 (4): 631–635. doi:10.1017/S0047404502274059.
  3. ^ Campbell, Lee (2003). "Review: 'A Geopolitics of Academic Writing'". Journal of Ancient Civilizations. 23 (2): 455–459. JSTOR 20866575.
  4. ^ a b c "Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize Winners". Modern Language Association. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  5. ^ a b "Book Award - American Association For Applied Linguistics". www.aaal.org. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  6. ^ a b Linguistics, British Association for Applied. "Book Prize". BAAL. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  7. ^ "AAALetter - March 2016 - American Association For Applied Linguistics". www.aaal.org. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  8. ^ "CCCC Richard Braddock Award". Conference on College Composition and Communication. 2018-06-06. Retrieved 2022-12-02.

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