Approaches to Migration, Language and Identity (Paperback)

Anita Auer

ISBN 10: 1789978254 / ISBN 13: 9781789978254

Published by Peter Lang International Academic Publishers, Oxford, 2021

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Paperback. This book foregrounds the use of different methods for the study of migration, language and identity. It brings together studies from fields such as ethnology, linguistics, literature and religious studies. The scenarios investigated range from Czech-German language contact in nineteenth-century Vienna to Eritreans living in the present-day America, and also include studies of migrants in the Ruhr Valley in Germany, far-right discourse in Italy, Yugoslavian and Tunisian migrants in Switzerland, racializing discourses in Brexit Britain and identity assignation of Palestinian dancers. The volume thus displays a wide array of scenarios linked to language, migration and identity as well as a variety of predominantly qualitative methods that have been applied from different disciplinary perspectives. The current volume foregrounds the use of different methods for the study of migration, language and identity. It brings together studies from fields such as ethnology, linguistics, literature and religious studies. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Approaches to Migration, Language and Identity (Paperback)
• Publisher: Peter Lang International Academic Publishers, Oxford
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1789978254
• ISBN 13: 9781789978254
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

This book foregrounds the use of different methods for the study of migration, language and identity. It brings together studies from fields such as ethnology, linguistics, literature and religious studies. The scenarios investigated range from Czech-German language contact in nineteenth-century Vienna to Eritreans living in the present-day America, and also include studies of migrants in the Ruhr Valley in Germany, far-right discourse in Italy, Yugoslavian and Tunisian migrants in Switzerland, racializing discourses in Brexit Britain and identity assignation of Palestinian dancers. The volume thus displays a wide array of scenarios linked to language, migration and identity as well as a variety of predominantly qualitative methods that have been applied from different disciplinary perspectives.

About the Author

Anita Auer is Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. She is a historical (socio)linguist with a special interest in diachronic and synchronic aspects of language variation and change. Her current research focuses on alternative histories of the English language (e.g. the role of historical urban vernaculars in standardisation processes; the language of the labouring poor in Late Modern England) as well as language maintenance and shift amongst Swiss heritage speakers in North America.

Jennifer Thorburn is Maître d’enseignement et de recherche in English Linguistics at the University of Lausanne. She is a variationist sociolinguist who works primarily on language in Indigenous communities and regional varieties of English. Her current projects focus on attitudes to language and computer-mediated communication.