Publication details
New migration processes and new frontiers for linguistic research
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| Year of publication | 2021 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Languages and literacy in new migration. Research, Practice, and Policy. Selected papers from the 14th Annual Meeting of LESLLA (Literacy Education and Second Language Learning for Adults), 4th-6th October 2021 |
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| Web | https://www.unipapress.it/it/ |
| Keywords | Second language acquisition; New migrations |
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| Description | Recent migrations show unprecedented characteristics in terms of migratory routes, individual profiles of migrants and condition of isolation in arrival contexts. Combining sociolinguistic and linguistic perspectives, the article reconstructs the forms of linguistic contact between local and migrant populations in one of the main gateways to Europe, Palermo (Italy), and the specific conditions of local language acquisition by newcomers. It is argued that notions of (im)mobility and segregation must be included in migration-centred linguistic research. |