Epilogue: The Language Opportunities for the 21st Century

Margaret J. Pitts

doi:10.1177/0261927X20933997

Epilogue: The Language Opportunities for the 21st Century

Margaret J. Pitts

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This epilogue to the Special Issue on Language Challenges in the 21st Century offers commentary on the current state of social scientific inquiry in the field of language and social psychology. Inspired by the seven articles that make up this Special Issue, I became curious about what we would find if we sought language opportunities instead of language challenges in the 21st century. I recommend future scholarship at the intersections of global and linguistic diversity include a positive social science approach in order to consider the full spectrum of challenges and assets. I conclude with a note about the direction of future research related to COVID-19.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	567-574
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Language and Social Psychology
Volume	39
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0261927X20933997
State	Published - Sep 1 2020

Keywords

COVID-19
intergroup communication
language attitudes
linguistic diversity
positive communication
positive inquiry
positive psychology
positive social science

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Social Psychology
Education
Language and Linguistics
Anthropology
Sociology and Political Science
Linguistics and Language

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