Language, Space and Identity in Migration (Language and Globalization)

This book explores both theoretical and practical issues of language use in a migration context, using data from a German urban immigrant community in Canada. Through this transcontinental perspective, the book makes a new contribution to the literature on both language and identity and language and globalization.

Grit Liebscher is Associate Professor of German at the University of Waterloo, Canada. Her research in interactional sociolinguistics and conversation analysis focuses on first language use in the second language classroom, language attitudes, post-unification communication among East and West Germans, and intercultural communication. Her previous publications include the co-edited book German Diasporic Experiences: Identity, Migration and Loss.

Jennifer Dailey-O'Cain is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Alberta, Canada. Alongside her work in language, migration and identity in both Germany and German-speaking Canada, her research includes code-switching in the classroom, language attitudes, and the differential use of English in online communication among German and Dutch groups of young people. Her previous publications include First Language Use in Second and Foreign Language Learning (co-edited).