Dillon, Denise, Jacobs, George, and Chau, Meng Huat (2024) Towards More Inclusive Practices in Applied Linguistics: A Study of Journal Editors’ Views on Using ‘Who’ with Nonhuman Animals with Implications for Language Education. Journal of English and Applied Linguistics, 3 (1). 9. pp. 100-113.

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Abstract

Like racism or sexism, speciesism highlights how people fail to give due respect to nonhuman animals. After more than 20 years since the publication of Dunayer’s (2001) seminal work, Animal Equality: Language and Liberation, speciesism appears to remain a controversial issue. In this article, we explore the issue of speciesist language by considering the views of journal editors on one point raised in the seventh edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2020): that the relative pronoun who should only be used with humans and not with other animals. The results of this study suggest that while some motion seems to be taking place towards greater use of who with nonhuman animals, the American Psychological Association’s current policy does have a large degree of support. Implications for language education are considered with the aim to enact more inclusive practices in applied linguistics and language education for a just and sustainable world.

Item ID:	89684
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	2961-3094
Keywords:	speciesism, inclusivity, nonhuman animals, language choice, critical pedagogy, inclusive practices, sustainability
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Date Deposited:	25 Nov 2025 00:41
FoR Codes:	39 EDUCATION > 3901 Curriculum and pedagogy > 390104 English and literacy curriculum and pedagogy (excl. LOTE, ESL and TESOL) @ 50% 47 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 4704 Linguistics > 470401 Applied linguistics and educational linguistics @ 50%
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