Researching Language in Superdiverse Urban Contexts

Clare Mar-Molinero is Professor of Spanish Sociolinguistics at the University of Southampton, UK. Her research interests include urban multilingualism, language policy, language ideologies, transnational migration, and language and globalisation – particularly in the Spanish-speaking world.

• Introduction: Clare Mar-MolineroChapter 1. Clare Mar-Molinero: Researching Multilingual Urban ContextsChapter 2. Jessica Bradley & James Simpson: Translanguaging Across Space and Place: Concept and ContextChapter 3. Leonie Gaiser & Yaron Matras:  Re-visiting ‘Community Language’: Arabic in a Western Global CityChapter 4. Darren Paffey: Hispanic London: Language Ideologies, Policies and PracticesChapter 5.  Petros Karatsareas: Uncovering Variation Within Urban MultilingualismChapter 6. Naomi Wells: Language and Transgenerational Identity in Valparaíso’s Italian Community: Methodological and Theoretical ReflectionsChapter 7. Daniel McAuley and Janice Carruthers: Investigating Perceptions of Banlieue French: Problematising Theory and MethodsChapter 8. Alfredo Escandón: Exploring Multilingualism in Urban Border Areas: The City of TijuanaConclusion: Clare Mar-MolineroIndex

Mar-Molinero brings together a set of outstanding contributions which move us forward in our understanding of multilingualism in superdiverse urban contexts. The emphasis on methods and research reflexivity makes the volume a very useful tool for investigating language in some of the major cities in Latin America, France and the UK.