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Language rights in the metaverse: the implications of translingual metaverse communication
The term metaverse has attracted particular attention with the rebranding of Facebook in 2020, before the social media network launched a transformative programme in 2021 to offer a metaverse-based work platform involving social, learning, collaboration, and gaming experiences.1 However, the term has been used at least since the 1990s.2 Initially employed in literature, it became subsequently applied in other contexts, such as education, to refer to how learners use technology to socialise and engage with each other.3 Over the years, however, the concepts of technology and particularly the metaverse have continued to evolve dramatically. But what is the metaverse, and how does it relate to language rights? Maarit Koponen, Rui Sousa-Silva and Antonio Pareja-Lora
