Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to the Sociolinguistic Integration of Migration

Dear Colleagues,

The history of humanity is a long chain of migratory movements. From the origin of the human species to the contemporary world, a large proportion of the major events in world history have had to do with population displacements from one region to other, for economic reasons, because of war, or as a simple matter of survival. Population movement from one region to another is a process with a diversity of economic, social, political, psychological, cultural and linguistic consequences for individuals and societies alike.

This monographic issue aims to be a forum of debate and analysis for the study of the relations between language and society when linguistic contact takes place as a result of migratory movements; its particular emphasis is on how migration develops or favours the process of sociolinguistic integration. The present call is open to the research community in general, and more specifically, to researchers working in the field of migration from different yet complementary perspectives.

The goal of this Special Issue is to bring together papers that study sociolinguistic and sociological aspects of migratory processes in any region or community of the world, as well as processes where speakers of different or same languages are involved.

Dr. Florentino Paredes García
Dr. María Sancho Pascual
Guest Editors

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