ABSTRACT
In this chapter we question the benefits of adopting superdiversity as a ‘lens’ through which to view language and communication in border and other contexts, contending instead that it is more likely to lead to blurred vision. At the same time, however, we argue that the emerging literature on language and superdiversity, informed as much of it is by a linguistic ethnography approach, does offer researchers across the social sciences valuable perspectives on methodological issues, researcher reflexivity and the concepts of ‘language’ and ‘communication’. We illustrate these points with material from our research in border contexts in Bulgaria and Romania.
