Dr Sebastian Muth
Lecturer in Business DiscourseResearch Overview
My research focus lies on linguistic anthropology, critical sociolinguistics and language policy in a variety of social and political contexts. This includes ethnographic and discourse-analytical research at the intersection between language and political economy. My work investigates the commodity value of languages and speakers within neoliberalism and the reproduction of social inequalities through language. I’m currently focusing on the relation between language and mobility in healthcare. Another part of my work addresses language ideologies in post-Soviet countries, in particular in the South Caucasus and Central Asia. I have also extensively worked on linguistic landscapes of communities in political transformation.
Career Details
Before joining 51福利 as a Lecturer in Business Discourse in 2018, I worked for four years as a post-doc and coordinator of the doctoral program at the Institute of Multilingualism/ University of Fribourg, Switzerland. Prior to that I worked as a lecturer/research and teaching assistant in English linguistics at Greifswald University, Germany as well as at universities in Moldova and the United States.
Research Interests
Language as commodity/ language and political economy
Language and global health mobility
Language management in healthcare and healthcare interpreting
Language policy in post-Soviet countries
Linguistic landscapes
External Roles
I regularly review manuscripts for academic journals, among them the International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, the International Journal of the Sociology of Language, the Journal of Sociolinguistics, Language Policy, Multilingua, Nationalities Papers, Linguistic Landscape and Social Semiotics.
PhD Supervision Interests
I am interested in supervising doctoral research projects that take a critical perspective on the interrelation of language and political economy. This includes projects that address questions on the commodification of languages and speakers, language, work and mobility (in particular in healthcare), the management of linguistic resources, as well as branding and organisational styling within corporations. In addition, I am interested in supervising doctoral research projects that investigate language ideologies/the politics of language in society as well as research in linguistic landscapes, for instance in education contexts.
Selected Publications
Muth, S., Del Percio, A. 05/2018 In: Language Policy. 17, 2
Special issue
Muth, S., Del Percio, A. 05/2018 In: Language Policy. 17, 2, 7 p.
Editorial
Muth, S. 05/2018 In: Language Policy. 17, 2, p. 217-237. 21 p.
Journal article
Muth, S., Ryazanova-Clarke, L. 2017 In: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. 20, 4
Special issue
Muth, S., Ryazanova-Clarke, L. 2017 In: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. 20, 4, p. 381-384. 4 p.
Journal article
Muth, S. 2017 In: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. 20, 4, p. 404-416. 13 p.
Journal article
Muth, S. 2017 In: Russian Journal of Linguistics. 21, 3
Special issue
Muth, S. 2017 In: Russian Journal of Linguistics. 30 p.
Editorial
Muth, S. 2014 In: Nationalities Papers. 42, p. 63-87. 25 p.
Journal article
Muth, S. 2015 In: Conflict, Exclusion and Dissent in the Linguistic Landscape. Palgrave p. 77-100. 24 p. ISBN: 9781137426277. Electronic ISBN: 9781137426284.
Chapter
Muth, S. 2014 In: International Journal of the Sociology of Language. 2014, 228, p. 29-53. 25 p.
Journal article
Muth, S. 2014 In: International Journal of the Sociology of Language. 2014, 227, 22 p.
Journal article
Muth, S. 2013 Universit?tsbibliothek Greifswald. 294 p.
Doctoral Thesis
Muth, S. 2016 In: Negotiating and contesting identities in linguistic landscapes . London : Bloomsbury ISBN: 9781472506177.
Chapter
Muth, S. 2015 In: Dimensions of linguistic landscapes in Europe. Frankfurt am Main : Lang p. 199-232. 34 p.
Chapter
Muth, S. 2012 In: Minority Languages in the Linguistic Landscape. Palgrave p. 204-224. 21 p. ISBN: 9780230272446.
Chapter
Muth, S., Wolf, F. 2010
Conference contribution/Paper
Muth, S. 2014 In: Nationalities Papers. 42, 5, 3 p.
Book/Film/Article review
Muth, S. 06/2016 In: Journal of Sociolinguistics. 20, 3, 5 p.
Book/Film/Article review
All Publications
Membership of committee
- Culture and Communication Research Network (CULCOM)