Speaker: Dr Daniele Viktor Leggio (Lecturer in Linguistics at University of Manchester)

Manchester is one of the most linguistically diverse cities in Europe, with an estimated 150-200 languages spoken by its many communities. But how are languages counted? And what opportunities and challenges are created by such diversity? How do local authorities and community groups promote and celebrate language diversity? We will look into these questions and find out why and how languages matter for the city and for you as individuals.

Join us for this free, informal, half an hour, lunchtime talk as part of our Language Matters Series 2021.

The talk will take place via Google Meet so you will need a Google account to access the link which will display on the screen after registration.

More about Dr Daniele Viktor Leggio

Viktor’s teaching and research cover sociolinguistics, ethnolinguistics, migration and diaspora studies, language policy and planning, computer-mediated communication and Romani studies. He has worked on descriptions of Romani dialects, on the relationship between languages, identity and language codification on on-line platforms used by Romani speakers and on the experiences, expectations, plans, interactions with local authorities and reception of Romanian Roma migrants in Western Europe, focusing in particular on social mobility trajectories, social interventions, public representations and Roma mobilisation.