The title seeks to show how people are embedded culturally, socially and linguistically in a
certain peripheral geographical location, yet are also able to roam widely in their use and …

This paper seeks to contribute to the current discussion of world Englishes by revealing the
seamless English language incorporation in the linguascape of the popular music scene of …

The book presents a new theory of the relationship between language and culture in a
transnational and global perspective. The fundamental view is that languages spread across …

People trained in language studies tend to see culture through the lens of language. Culture
is typically seen as a kind of extension of language: you study language and 'its associated …

This book celebrates the power of music, dance, and oral narrative to create identities by
imaginatively connecting performers and audiences with ethnic and political groupings …

Drawing on varied offline and online contexts, this article indicates that youth linguistic
diversity in contemporary Mongolia is better understood from the perspective of 'the …

Focusing on language and media in Asian Russia, particularly in Buryat territories, Mixed
Messages engages debates about the role of minority media in society, alternative visions of …

In the post‐war years, Hong Kong popular music has been characterized by several different
configurations of languages. In the 1950s, Mandarin Chinese popular songs, inherited from …

The motivation for this volume was the editors' awareness of a Western dominance in
sociolinguistic theory-making. The incompatibility of several dominant sociolinguistic …

In a multilingual Lapland, globalization processes have various sociolinguistic effects. A
good example is a change in the functions and values of the indigenous Sámi languages …