A key assumption in linguistic anthropology and sociolinguistics has traditionally been that
interaction within communities tends to proceed on the basis of some degree of shared …

A key question for sociolinguistics is how communicative signs and sets of signs come to
index styles, identities, activities, genres, dialects, and other social and communicative …

Nation-states manage and simplify diversity through a range of practices, including
schooling and the mass media. Some argue that the forces that engender diversity have …

A Contested Caribbean Indigeneity is an in-depth analysis of the debates surrounding
Taíno/Boricua activism in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean diaspora in New York City …

Discourse studies, the study of the ways in which language is used in texts and contexts, is a
fast-moving and increasingly diverse field. With contributions from leading and upcoming …

Workplaces around the world have increasingly come to be constituted as communities of
transnationally mobile staff and clientele, and the resulting cultural and linguistic diversity to …

In adherence to its national motto, Bhinneka Tunggal Ika (Unity in Diversity), Indonesia
maintains a narrative of a culturally plural but unified nation. The government represents a …

In this introduction to the special issue, the concept of transience is introduced as a
theoretical perspective and as an object of research. The perspective of transience …

This contribution explores the development of language choice practices within one
transient project community, here an international theater ensemble. Transient project …

This ethnographic study of language use and English language learners in Central Java,
Indonesia examines globalization processes within and beyond language; processes of …