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Peace Linguistics (PL) has, in some ways, been around for many years. However, most applied linguists do not appear to have ever heard of PL much less studied, researched or taught it. In recent years, especially in 2017 and 2018, that has started to changed, beginning with what appears to be the first PL course of its kind ever to be taught. That course was taught at Brigham Young University--Hawaii (BYUH), offered by the English Language Teaching and Learning Department, initially as an elective, with no prerequisites, then offered in conjunction with the BYUH Peacebuilding program. One of the questions that has been asked with increasing frequency in recent years is: What does Peace Linguistics look like in the classroom, with students, teachers and course materials, as well as with assignments and assessments? This paper provides initial answers to those questions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper seeks to review efforts to develop the field of Peace Linguistics. Based on reviewing 20 years of published articles in the Journal of Peace Education and The International Journal of Peace Studies, I identified what appears to be a significant and on-going disconnect - a gap - between Language Studies and Peace Studies, or between Language Education and Peace Education, or between Peace Education/Studies and Linguistics/Applied Linguistics. In the second part of this paper, I explore this gap in more depth, and propose some possible reasons for this disconnect. In the third and final section, I give some details of a new course, Peace Linguistics, piloted by the English Language Teaching and Learning Department at Brigham Young University-Hawaii, in January and February of 2017. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]