ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book explores the interface between language and human mobility, which is gaining considerable geopolitical significance and generating scholarly inquiry. It examines how basic constructs such as community, place, language, diversity, identity, nation-state, and social stratification are being retheorized in the context of human mobility. There are many shaping and constraining influences on the conversational interaction or text from outside the immediate participants and interaction. The book considers diverse trajectories and flows of human mobility in relation to language. It explains emergent research methods for studying language and mobility. The book deals with policy implications as they pertain to language and mobility. It also examines the implications of mobility for education and pedagogy in diverse levels of learning. The book brings together international applied linguists with affiliations in diverse universities around the world and homes in different academic departments.
