'Speech and the City tells the story of 'Multilingual Manchester' and how an academic project succeeded in shifting the monolingual habitus. The book also offers an intriguing glimpse into the author's distinguished career as a linguist, scholar, and activist.' Ingrid Piller, Author of Linguistic Diversity and Social Justice
'This book documents and theorises 10 years of extraordinary innovation, forging an activist sociolinguistics that reaches through most of the walls within and around the academy. Impassioned, powerful and provocative, it is also a lived exploration of decolonial openings in a neoliberal system.' Ben Rampton, Professor of Applied & Sociolinguistics, King's College London