Migration and multilingualism in Europe
Organiser Meinhof, Ulrike Hanna
U of Southampton · UK
Migration studies have always included an element of socio- / psycho-linguistic, ethnographic, sociological and educational research into phenomena of multilingualism amongst migrant populations, including foci on language choice, first language(s) retention or attrition amongst different (im-)migrant generations.
Contributors to Symposium
Meinhof, Ulrike Hanna · Multilingualism amongst minority population: a case of transcultural capital or social exclusion? (U of Southampton · UK)
Vasiljev, Ivo · Multilingualism amongst minority population: a case study of the Vietnamese business community in the Czech Republic (U of Prague · Czech Republic)
Pfister Mesavage, Vanessa · Judeo-Spanish communities in France: A multilingual heritage (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris · France)
Busch, Brigitta · Heteroglossic life worlds: the importance of variety and diversity within the linguistic repertoire (U of Klagenfurt · Germany)
Mar-Molinero, Clare / Vigers, Dick · Negotiating competing linguistic demands: multilingualism and hybridity in a Romanian migrant community in Spain (U of Southampton · UK)
Discussant: Stevenson, Patrick · Migration and multilingualism in Europe: Comparative perspectives · U of Southampton · UK