Belonging is a notion both vaguely defined and ill‐theorized. Scholars in various social
disciplines often take this notion for granted, as if its meaning is somewhat self‐explanatory …

Studies framing “belonging” as a key focus and a central concept of research have
increased significantly in the 2000s. This article explores the dimensions of belonging as a …

This article discusses the extent to which methods normally associated with corpus
linguistics can be effectively used by critical discourse analysts. Our research is based on …

Belonging is an ambiguous concept that has tended to escape the rigorous theorization of
other key concepts in geography. Rather than viewing this as a weakness, I turn to weak …

In this paper we juxtapose the European Union's (EU's) supranational policies on language
and migration with their recontextualisation into national policies of the linguistic integration …

This article examines community sport as a site where refugee youth negotiate belonging,
which is conceptualised as a dynamic dialectic of 'seeking'and 'granting'. Drawing on three …

How are identities constructed in discourse? How are national and European identities tied
to language and communication? And what role does power have–power in discourse, over …

Drawing on insights provided by linguistic anthropology, the study of multisemioticity and
research in computer-mediated discourse (CMD), this chapter discusses how …

This special issue explores the ways unaccompanied refugee youth in and en route to
Europe actively deal with the intensification of exclusionary practices towards migrants and …

Philomena Essed (1991) has captured many aspects of contemporary discrimination in this
quotation: discriminatory acts may manifest themselves on all levels of language; exclusion …