The impact of mobility and superdiversity in recent sociolinguistic research is well-established, yet very few studies deal with issues related to immobility. The chapters in this book focus on the sociolinguistic investigation of the dynamics between mobility and immobility as experienced by migrants, asylum seekers and members of minority or exploited groups. Central to the book is an exploration of how mobilities are affected by and in turn affect power relations and of the kinds of resources used by people to deal with (im)mobility processes. The book brings to light a new critical sociolinguistic imagination that is responsive to 21st century processes of (im)mobilities as socially, discursively and emotionally constructed and negotiated.
| ISBN: | 9781788925280 |
| Publication date: | 23rd November 2021 |
| Author: | Anna De Fina, Gerardo Mazzaferro |
| Publisher: | Multilingual Matters an imprint of Channel View Publications |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 296 pages |
| Series: | Encounters |
| Genres: |
Migration, immigration and emigration Bilingualism and multilingualism Sociolinguistics |