astronomy

Ingrid Piller

Ingrid Piller is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Ingrid Piller rather than just read about it. In short: Ingrid Piller (born in Germany in 1967) is an Australian linguist, who specializes in intercultural communication, language learning, multilingualism, and bilingual education. Piller is Distinguished Professor at Macquarie University and an elected fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.

Key takeaways

Ingrid Piller belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Ingrid Piller to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Ingrid Piller from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Ingrid Piller (born in Germany in 1967) is an Australian linguist, who specializes in intercultural communication, language learning, multilingualism, and bilingual education. Piller is Distinguished Professor at Macquarie University and an elected fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. Piller serves as Editor-in-Chief of the academic journal Multilingua and as founding editor of the research dissemination site Language on the Move. She is a member of the Australian Research Council (ARC) College of Experts.

Career Piller received her PhD from the Technical University Dresden in 1995 for a thesis about American Automobile Names. In 2007, Piller was appointed executive director of the Adult Migrant English Program Research Center at Macquarie University. She is a member of the executive group of the international research network "Social participation across generations in linguistically diverse societies – risks and chances in times of crises".

Research and impact Piller works in Applied Linguistics and Sociolinguistics with a focus on Intercultural Communication, Language Learning, Multilingualism, and Bilingual Education. Her research examines the social consequences of linguistic diversity resulting from migration and globalization for employment, education, and other aspects of social participation. According to Google Scholar, her work has been cited more than 7,100 times.

Honors and awards Elected fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 2017 Recipient of 2018 Anneliese Maier Research Award by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for her research into the social consequences of linguistic diversity Appointed Distinguished Professor at Macquarie University in 2019 in recognition of her contributions to Applied Linguistics and Sociolinguistics Winner of the 2017 Book Prize of the British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL) for her book Linguistic Diversity and Social Justice (Oxford University Press, 2016) Winner of the 2017 Prose Award in the category "Language and Linguistics" for her book Linguistic Diversity and Social Justice (Oxford University Press, 2016) Recipient of the Australian Linguistic Society's 2012 Talkley Award for contributions to public knowledge about language

Selected publications

Books Piller, I. (2002). Bilingual Couples Talk: The discursive construction of hybridity. Amsterdam: Benjamins. Piller, I. (2016). Linguistic diversity and social justice. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. Persian translation, 2019. Piller, I. (2017). Intercultural Communication: A Critical Introduction (2nd ed.). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Japanese translation of 1st edition, 2014.

Book chapters Pavlenko, A., & Piller, I. (2001). New Directions in the Study of Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, and Gender. In A. Pavlenko, A. Blackledge, I. Piller, & M. Teutsch-Dwyer (Eds.), Multilingualism, Second Language Learning and Gender (pp. 17–52). Berlin and New York: Mouton de Gruyter. Piller, I. (2008). 'I always wanted to marry a cowboy:' bilingual couples, language and desire. In T. A. Karis & K. D. Killian (Eds.), Intercultural Couples: Exploring Diversity in Intimate Relationships (pp. 53–70). London: Routledge. Piller, I. (2010). Sex in the city: on making space and identity in travel spaces. In A. Jaworski & C. Thurlow (Eds.), Semiotic Landscapes: Language, Image, Space (pp. 123–136). London: Continuum. Piller, I. (2018). Dubai: Language in the ethnocratic, corporate and mobile city. In D. Smakman & P. Heinrich (Eds.), Urban Sociolinguistics: the city as a linguistic process and experience (pp. 77–94). London: Routledge. Piller, I., & Takahashi, K. (2006). A passion for English: desire and the language market. In A. Pavlenko (Ed.), Bilingual minds: Emotional experience, expression, and representation (pp. 59–83). Clevedon: Multilingual Matters. Piller, I., & Takahashi, K. (2013). Language work aboard the low-cost airline. In A. Duchêne, M. Moyer, & C. Roberts (Eds.), Language, Migration and Social Inequalities: A Critical Sociolinguistic Perspective on Institutions and Work (pp. 95–117). Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.

Journal articles Piller, I. (2002). Passing for a native speaker: identity and success in second language learning. Journal of Sociolinguistics, 6(2), pp. 179–206. Piller, I. (2016). Monolingual ways of seeing multilingualism. Journal of Multicultural Discourses, 11(1), pp. 25–33. Piller, I., & Cho, J. (2013). Neoliberalism as language policy. Language in Society, 42(1), pp. 23–44. Piller, I., & Gerber, L. (2021). Family language policy between the bilingual advantage and the monolingual mindset. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 24(5), pp. 622–635. Piller, I., & Lising, L. (2014). Language, employment and settlement: temporary meat workers in Australia. Multilingua, 33(1/2), pp. 35–59. Piller, I., Zhang, J., & Li, J. (2020). Linguistic diversity in a time of crisis. Multilingua, 39(5), pp. 503–515.

References

External links Macquarie University researcher profile Language on the Move editor profile Ingrid Piller publications indexed by Google Scholar Research blog of Piller and her team

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Ingrid Piller

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Ingrid Piller claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Ingrid Piller before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Ingrid Piller ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Ingrid Piller

In research: Ingrid Piller appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Ingrid Piller in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Ingrid Piller is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1967 births, 21st-century linguists, Academic staff of Macquarie University, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Ingrid Piller outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Ingrid Piller in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
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Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Ingrid Piller matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Ingrid Piller?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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