Sociolinguistic Perspectives on Migration Control: Language Policy, Identity and Belonging, Markus Rheindorf, Ruth Wodak (Eds.) Language, Mobility and Institutions. Bristol, Blue Ridge Summit: Multilingual Matters. 2020. viii + 172 pp. Hb (9781788924672) £89.95, Pb (9781788924665) £24.95, Ebook (9781788924689) £15.00

Title
Sociolinguistic Perspectives on Migration Control: Language Policy, Identity and Belonging, Markus Rheindorf, Ruth Wodak (Eds.) Language, Mobility and Institutions. Bristol, Blue Ridge Summit: Multilingual Matters. 2020. viii + 172 pp. Hb (9781788924672) £89.95, Pb (9781788924665) £24.95, Ebook (9781788924689) £15.00
Publication Date
2020-11-13
Author(s)
Smith-Khan, Laura
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3551-221X
Email: lsmithkh@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:lsmithkh
Type of document
Review
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Place of publication
United Kingdom
DOI
10.1111/josl.12444
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/61111
Abstract

Sociolinguists have great potential to make a positive impact in the world, and the area of migration control is no exception in this regard (Clyne, 2003). However, editing a book that gathers sociolinguistic perspectives on migration is not a straightforward task: sociolinguistics as a field and migration as an area of study each represent a plethora of possible approaches. This means that a seven-chapter edited collection will never be able to represent all the possible intersections. Yet, this book successfully captures the diversity of scholarship in this field in multiple ways. The chapters offer a diversity of methodologies, of perspectives, of types and stages of migration, of languages, and—to some extent—of geographic focus.
Link
link
Citation
Journal of Sociolinguistics, v.24 (5)
ISSN
1467-9841
1360-6441

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