Introduction

The impact of mobility and superdiversity on the study of sociolinguistics is well-established, yet very few studies deal with issues related to immobility. The chapters in this book focus on the sociolinguistic investigation of the dynamics between mobility and immobility as experienced by migrants, asylum seekers and members of minority or exploited groups. Central to the book is an exploration of how mobilities are affected by and in turn affect power relations and the kinds of resources used by people to deal with (im)mobility processes. The book brings to light a new critical sociolinguistics imagination, which is responsive to 21st century processes of (im)mobilities as socially, discursively and emotionally constructed and negotiated.