Introduction: The changing faces of transnational communities in Britain

Xiao Lan Curdt-Christiansen; Hua Zhu; Wei Li

doi:10.1515/ijsl-2021-0030

Introduction: The changing faces of transnational communities in Britain

Xiao Lan Curdt-Christiansen, Hua Zhu, Wei Li

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Abstract

In this editorial introduction, we outline the key conceptualisations and
overarching questions of this collection of studies on the changing faces of the
transnational communities in Britain. Using the nexus of migration and language
as our critical lens, we examine the internal diversities within the transnational
communities in Britain, evident in the emergence of groups differing on migration
trajectories, social and educational backgrounds, linguistic repertories and status
assigned to community languages. We also explore how language shapes, and is
shaped by, these internal diversities and wider socio-cultural-political dynamics
and pay particular attention to the multilingual and translanguaging practices in
these communities. We demonstrate how these communities function as sites for
contestation of language and identity that can be conflictual as well as a source of
othering. The introduction concludes with an outline of the contributions made by
the studies in this special issue, highlighting the key claims put forward by the
contributors.

Original language	English
Article number	1
Pages (from-to)	3-13
Number of pages	11
Journal	International Journal of Sociology of Language
Volume	2021
Issue number	269
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/ijsl-2021-0030
Publication status	Published - 7 May 2021

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Funding Information:
We would like to thank the journal General Editor, Alexandre Duchêne, for his guidance, and the anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments. The work is sponsored by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) of Great Britain (ES/N019105/1).

Funding Information:
The conceptualisation of the special issue has been developed from our project of a multi-level (national, community and family level) investigation of family language policies in the UK, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston 2021.

Keywords

identity
inequality
internal diversity
multilingualism
transnational community
social group

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Social Sciences

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