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This paper argues that the assessment of sociolinguistic justice should pass through the promotion of linguistic ease, analysed through a number of sociolinguistic parameters already used for the repertoires of multilingual communities. Their consideration permits to tackle the complexity of globalising and localising forces, beyond the Westphalian model of nation-state. In particular, three axes of analysis should be taken into account: the formality of situations, the sense of belonging, and special domains, like school and writing.
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Iannàccaro, G., Gobbo, F., Dell’Aquila, V. (2018). The Assessment of Sociolinguistic Justice: Parameters and Models of Analysis. In: Gazzola, M., Templin, T., Wickström, BA. (eds) Language Policy and Linguistic Justice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75263-1_12
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