Table Of Content“Human mobility, migration, dislocation and displacement present a challenge to established
notions of language in use. In this book Suresh Canagarajah has met the challenge, doing jus-
tice to the multilingual realities of lives led on the move: he has assembled a stellar array of
scholars who together present exciting new understandings and re-examinations of language
in contexts of mobility. This wide-ranging, compelling volume could not be more timely.”
James Simpson, University of Leeds, UK
“Ever since the cultural turn and the mobility turn in the social sciences, the study of lan-
guage in migration studies has assumed new urgency. This Handbook is the place where I
turn for stimulating and informed accounts of research. Beyond that, the contributions pro-
vide vital insights that, like its subject matter, transcend national borders and disciplinary
boundaries.”
Thomas Faist, Bielefeld University, Germany
“A terrific selection of articles by cutting edge scholars, useful for teachers, researchers and
theorists across disciplines looking for an overview on language and migration. An excellent
introduction to the field for both novices and experts.”
Anne Whiteside, San Francisco State University, USA
The Routledge Handbook of
Migration and Language
The Routledge Handbook of Migration and Language is the first comprehensive survey of
this area, exploring language and human mobility in today’s globalised world. This key refer-
ence brings together a range of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary perspectives, drawing
on subjects such as migration studies, geography, philosophy, sociology and anthropology.
Featuring over 30 chapters written by leading experts from around the world, this book:
• Examines how basic constructs such as community, place, language, diversity, iden-
tity, nation-state, and social stratification are being retheorized in the context of human
mobility;
• Analyses the impact of the ‘mobility turn’ on language use, including the parallel
‘multilingual turn’ and translanguaging;
• Discusses the migration of skilled and unskilled workers, different forms of displace-
ment, and new superdiverse and diaspora communities;
• Explores new research orientations and methodologies, such as mobile and participa-
tory research, multi-sited ethnography, and the mixing of research methods;
• Investigation of the place of language in citizenship, educational policies, employment
and social services.
The Routledge Handbook of Migration and Language is essential reading for those with
an interest in migration studies, language policy, sociolinguistic research and development
studies.
Suresh Canagarajah is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor and Director of the Migration Stud-
ies Project in the Departments of Applied Linguistics and English at Pennsylvania State
University, USA.
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Adrian Bailey, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Michael Baynham, Leeds University, UK
Adrian Blackledge, University of Birmingham, UK
Ingrid Piller, Monash University, Australia
Mastin Prinsloo, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Vai Ramanathan, University of California, Davis, USA
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We dedicate this handbook to the millions
Excluded from nation-state borders and citizenship rights,
Inhabiting nebulous social spaces and uncertain futures,
Seeking homes away from environmental catastrophe,
discrimination, violence, and surveillance.
Contents
List of fi gures xii
List of tables xiii
Acknowledgements xiv
List of contributors xv
Introduction: the nexus of migration and language: the emergence
of a disciplinary space 1
Suresh Canagarajah
PART I
Concepts 29
1 Translanguaging in mobility 31
Adrian Blackledge and Angela Creese
2 Nation-state, transnationalism, and language 47
Joseph Sung-Yul Park and Lionel Wee
3 Superdiversity and language 63
Gabriele Budach and Ingrid de Saint-Georges
4 Neoliberalism, language, and migration 79
Kori Allan and Bonnie McElhinny
5 Space, place, and language 102
Christina Higgins
6 New orientations to identity in mobility 117
Zhu Hua
7 Social class in migration, identity, and language research 133
David Block
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